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Translate affabulation from French to English

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affabulation:
- fairytale; delusion; fiction; fable; fib; story; old wive's tale

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Detailed Translations for affabulation from French to English

affabulation:

affabulation [la ~] noun

l'affabulation (fabulation; fable; conte de fées; fiction; illusion; invention)
the fairytale
– an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse ¹
- fairytale [the ~] noun
the delusion
– the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas ¹
- delusion [the ~] noun
the fiction; the fable
– a deliberately false or improbable account ¹
- fiction [the ~] noun
- fable [the ~] noun
the fib; the story
– a trivial lie ¹
- fib [the ~] noun
  - he told a fib about eating his spinach¹
- story [the ~] noun
  - how can I stop my child from telling stories?¹
the old wive's tale
- old wive's tale [the ~] noun

Translation Matrix for affabulation:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
delusion	affabulation; conte de fées; fable; fabulation; fiction; illusion; invention	anamorphose; chimère; fantasme; fantôme; hallucination; hantise; illusion; illusion d'optique; image trompeuse; imagination; invention; leurre; mirage; promesse; rêve; supercherie; trompe-l'oeil; vision; vision de rêve; vision hallucinatoire
fable	affabulation; conte de fées; fable; fabulation; fiction; illusion; invention	conte; conte de fée; fable; fiction; merveille; narration; récit; rêve
fairytale	affabulation; conte de fées; fable; fabulation; fiction; illusion; invention	conte; conte de fée; fable; fiction; merveille; narration; récit; rêve
fib	affabulation; conte de fées; fable; fabulation; fiction; illusion; invention	petit mensonge
fiction	affabulation; conte de fées; fable; fabulation; fiction; illusion; invention
old wive's tale	affabulation; conte de fées; fable; fabulation; fiction; illusion; invention
story	affabulation; conte de fées; fable; fabulation; fiction; illusion; invention	article; compte-rendu; conte; conte de fée; exposé; fable; faux-fuyant; fiction; histoire; légende; merveille; mythe; narration; rapport; récit; rêve; subterfuge; tradition
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
fib		conter des mensonges; fabuler; faire accroire à; inventer des histoires; mentir; raconter des histoires

Synonyms for "affabulation":

fable; invention; narration; charlatanisme; charlatanerie; tromperie; mensonge; forfanterie; fabulation

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