tale

noun · verbA1

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noun
Plural noun:
tales
  1. 1.

    A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

    the Canterbury Tales

  2. 2.

    A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.

  3. 3.

    (slang)The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.

  4. 4.

    An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.

    Don't tell tales!

  5. 5.

    (obsolete)Number; tally; quota.

  6. 6.

    (obsolete)Account; estimation; regard; heed.

  7. 7.

    (obsolete)Speech; language.

  8. 8.

    (obsolete)A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.

  9. 9.

    (obsolete)(law, obsolete) A count; declaration.

  10. 10.

    (archaic, rare)(rare or archaic) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.

  11. 11.

    (archaic, rare)(rare or archaic) A report of any matter; a relation; a version.

  12. 12.

    (alt of, alternative)Alternative form of tael.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
tales
V_ing/Gerund
taling
V_ed/pp
taled
  1. 1.

    (dialectal, obsolete)(dialectal or obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales.

  2. 2.

    (Scotland, dialectal)(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English tale, from Old English talu (tale, series, calculation), from *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō (calculation, number), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (to reckon, count).

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