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folk tale

folk tale is the alternative spelling of folktale.

Meaning of folktale

Noun

folktale (plural folktales)

  1. A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
    Synonyms:
    folk story

Forms of folk tale

pluralfolk tales

Questions about folk tale

What is folk tale the alternative spelling of?
Folk tale is the alternative spelling of folktale.

Words near folk tale in the dictionary

  1. folk singers
  2. folk song
  3. folk songs
  4. folk stories
  5. folk story
  6. folk tale
  7. folk tales
  8. folk taxonomies
  9. folk taxonomy
  10. folk tune
  11. folk way

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Adapted from Wiktionary: folk tale (page history and authors); folktale (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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