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Plural of tale

regular plural

The plural of tale is tales.

Forms of tale

Singulartale /ˈteɪl/
Pluraltales /teɪlz/
Countablecountable

Tales in a sentence

  • Don't tell tales!
  • He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.From the entry charm
  • I used to love reading fairy tales when I was a child.From the entry fairy tale
  • The horrifying tales he told made my hair stand on end.From the entry stand on end
  • We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales.From the entry fire

Meaning of tale

  1. noun A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
  2. noun A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
  3. noun The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.

Full definition of tale

Questions about the plural of tale

What is the plural of tale?
The plural of tale is tales.
Is tale countable?
Tale is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tale (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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