Definition
A person who carries or spreads gossip or rumors; a talebearer or tattletale.
Etymology
Compound of 'carry' and 'tale,' alluding to someone who 'carries' stories or news from place to place; related to 'tattletale' and 'busybody.'
Kelly Says
Medieval and Renaissance texts use 'carrytale' to describe gossips, imagining rumors as physical objects that people transport—it's a metaphor that shows how people thought about spreading information before phones and internet existed!
Translations
CSČeština
povídka
po-vee-dka
DADansk
fortælling
fort-ay-ling
DEDeutsch
Erzählung
er-zay-loong
ELΕλληνικά
αφήγημα
a-fee-ge-ma
ESEspañol
cuento
kwen-toh
FISuomi
tarina
ta-ree-nah
FRFrançais
histoire
ee-stoor
IDBahasa Indonesia
kisah
kee-sah
ITItaliano
racconto
rak-kon-toh
KMKM
ប្រវត្តិ
pra-vatt-ti
MSBahasa Melayu
cerita
che-ri-tah
MYမြန်မာ
ရှေးဟောင်း
yai-she-haung
NLNederlands
verhaal
ver-haal
NONorsk
historie
his-to-ree-eh
PLPolski
opowieść
o-po-vee-sch
PTPortuguês
história
hees-toh-ree-ah
RORomână
poveste
po-ves-teh
SVSvenska
berättelse
be-ra-tel-seh
SWKiswahili
hadithi
ha-dee-thee
UKУкраїнська
казка
kaz-ka
VITiếng Việt
câu chuyện
cow chew-en