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tale

/ˈteɪl/TAYL
/ˈteɪl/TAYL

Meaninga reckoning or a count

Common meaning: a story

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishtalu‘a number, a narrative’source
  2. Middle Englishtalesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa number, a narrative → a storytale‘a story’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English talu ‘a reckoning or a count’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry TALE, p. 622 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • talu Old English “a reckoning or a count”

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