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  1. old wive's tale:
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Detailed Translations for old wives' tale from English to French

old wives' tale:


Translation Matrix for old wives' tale:

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- tall story

Synonyms for "old wives' tale":

  • lore; traditional knowledge

Related Definitions for "old wives' tale":

  1. a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth1

Wiktionary Translations for old wives' tale:


Cross Translation:
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• old wives' tale conte de bonne femme; conte à dormir debout Ammenmärchen — erfundene Geschichte, haltloses Gerücht, verbreiteter Irrtum

old wive's tale:

old wive's tale [the ~] nomen

  1. the old wive's tale (fib; fairytale; delusion; )
    la fable; le conte de fées; la fiction; l'illusion; la fabulation; l'affabulation; l'invention

Translation Matrix for old wive's tale:

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affabulation delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
conte de fées delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
fable delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story fable; fairytale; legend; myth; narration; story; tale
fabulation delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
fiction delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story fable; fabrication; fairytale; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; legend; myth; narration; phantasy; pipe dream; story; tale
illusion delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story chimera; delusion; erroneous idea; fabrication; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; fantasy; fata morgana; figment of the imagination; guise; hallucination; illusion; imagination; mirage; phantasm; phantasy; pipe dream; pretence; pretense; pretext; wrong notion
invention delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story delusion; discovery; fata morgana; find; illusion; invention; mirage

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