Definition
A moral fable or allegorical story that teaches a lesson, often featuring animals or inanimate objects as characters.
Etymology
From French apologue, from Greek apologos, from apo- 'away' + logos 'word/story.' The term combines Greek elements meaning 'told away' or 'a story told elsewhere,' reflecting the nature of cautionary tales.
Kelly Says
Aesop's Fables are the most famous apologues ever—tales like 'The Tortoise and the Hare' have survived for 2,500 years because the moral lesson hits harder through story than through abstract rules.
Translations
CACatalà
apologia
ah-poh-loh-gee-ah
CSČeština
apologie
ah-poh-loh-gee-eh
DADansk
apolog
ah-poh-lohng
DEDeutsch
Apolleg
ah-poh-leg
ELΕλληνικά
απολογία
ah-poh-loh-gee-ah
ESEspañol
apólogo
ah-poh-loh-gho
FISuomi
apologia
ah-poh-loh-gee-ah
FRFrançais
apologue
ah-poh-loog
HEעברית
אפולוגיה
af-po-loh-yah
HUMagyar
apológiás
ah-poh-loh-gee-ahs
IDBahasa Indonesia
apologi
ah-poh-loh-gee
ITItaliano
apologo
ah-poh-loh-go
MSBahasa Melayu
apologi
ah-poh-loh-gee
NLNederlands
apologie
ah-poh-loh-gee
NONorsk
apolog
ah-poh-lohng
PLPolski
apologia
ah-poh-loh-gee-ah
PTPortuguês
apólogo
ah-poh-loh-goo
RORomână
apolog
ah-poh-lohng
SVSvenska
apólogo
ah-poh-loh-goh
SWKiswahili
mfano
m-fa-no
TEతెలుగు
ఉపమానం
u-pa-ma-nam
TRTürkçe
apolog
ah-poh-lohng
UKУкраїнська
апологія
ah-poh-loh-gee-yah
VITiếng Việt
bi kịch
bi-ke-chich
YOYO
apọlogbọ
ah-poh-lohng-boh
ZUZU
umfaniso
oom-fa-ni-so