Found 3 items, similar to Tale.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: tale hikayat, riwayat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tale tale n 1: a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; “his narrative was interesting”; “Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children” [syn: narrative, narration, story] 2: a trivial lie; “he told a fib about eating his spinach”; “how can I stop my child from telling stories?” [syn: fib, story, tarradiddle, taradiddle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tale Tale \Tale\, n. See Tael. [1913 Webster] Tale \Tale\, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal, tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. Tell, v. t., Toll a tax, also Talk, v. i.] 1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. “The tale of Troy divine.” --Milton. “In such manner rime is Dante's tale.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated. [1913 Webster] The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by weight. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthornn in the dale. --Milton. [1913 Webster] In packing, they keep a just tale of the number. --Carew. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) A count or declaration. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To tell tale of, to make account of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Therefore little tale hath he told Of any dream, so holy was his heart. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Syn: Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation; account; legend; narrative. [1913 Webster] Tale \Tale\, v. i. To tell stories. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Gower. [1913 Webster]