en old wives tale

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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  • en bubbe meise (n) ➜
  • ceb tinuhoan sa buktot (n) ➜
  • de ammenmärchen (n) ➜
  • en campus legend (n) ➜
  • en mythconception (n) ➜
  • en old wife ➜
  • en almost ➜
  • en certainly ➜
  • en myth ➜
  • en old wife ➜
  • en rumour ➜
  • en superstition ➜
  • en truth ➜
  • en untrue ➜
  • en urban legend ➜
  • en urban myth ➜
  • en word of mouth ➜
  • en old wives tales (n) ➜
  • en urban legend (n) ➜
  • it leggenda (n) ➜
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Synonyms

  • ca saber popular (n, cognition) ➜
  • es cuento de viejas (n, cognition) ➜
  • eu atso-ipuin (n, cognition) ➜
  • fi ämmien loruja (n, cognition) ➜
  • it leggenda (n, cognition) ➜
  • ja 迷信 (n, cognition) ➜
  • th นิทานมุขปาฐะ (n, cognition) ➜
  • de ammenmärchen (n) ➜
  • fi akkojen puhe ➜
  • fi huhupuhe ➜

old wives tale is a type of…

  • en lore (n, cognition) ➜
  • en tale (n) ➜

Word forms

  • en old wise tale (n) ➜
  • en old wives tales (n) ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 105987237-n
  • en.wiktionary.org old wives' tale
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