fabliau

== English == === Etymology === From Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable. === Noun === fabliau (plural fabliaux) A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fa.bli.jo/ === Noun === fabliau m (plural fabliaux) fabliau ==== See also ==== fabliau on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr === Further reading === “fabliau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Diminutive form of fable in the Picard dialect, compare biau === Noun === fabliau oblique singular, m (oblique plural fabliaus, nominative singular fabliaus, nominative plural fabliau) fabliau == Portuguese == === Etymology === French fabliau === Noun === fabliau m (plural fabliaus) (literature) fabliau (genre of short farcical tales)