How do you say “fable” in Vietnamese?

“Fable” in Vietnamese is ngụ ngôn (fable).

Vietnamese words for “fable”

• ngụ ngônListennoun
  Hanoi [ŋu˧˨ʔ ŋon˧˧] · Saigon [ŋʊw˨˩˨ ŋoŋ˧˧]ngụ heavy ngôn level

  fable

  for “fable” meaning: A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.

Related Vietnamese words

• điểnListennoun

  fable; story

• truyền thuyếtListennoun

  legend

• hư cấuListenadjective

  fictitious; fictional

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.