folktale

Questions about folktale

What does folktale mean?

folktale means "a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk".

How many syllables are in folktale?

folktale has 2 syllables: fol-ktale. The stress falls on "fol". In IPA it is /ˈfoʊkˌteɪl/.

What is another word for folktale?

Close synonyms include folk tale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is folktale a common word?

folktale is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with folktale?

14 words rhyme with folktale. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.