Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fabliau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: fa-bli-au
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.

Example Sentences

"‘I’m planning a sort of fabliau comparing this place with a fascist state,’ said Sampson, ‘sort of Animal Farm meets Arturo Ui . . .’"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable.

Inflected Forms

fabliaux (plural)

Questions

What does fabliau mean?: A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.
Where does fabliau come from?: Learned borrowing from Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable.

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