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The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.
Kate Atkinson

Meaning of "fairy story" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FAIRY STORY

fairy story  [ˈfɛərɪ ˈstɔːrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAIRY STORY

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fairy story is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FAIRY STORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fairy story

Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features European folkloric fantasy characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants, witches, mermaids, or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends and explicitly moral tales, including beast fables. In less technical contexts, the term is also used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness, as in "fairy tale ending" or "fairy tale romance". Colloquially, a "fairy tale" or "fairy story" can also mean any farfetched story or tall tale; it is used especially of any story that not only is not true, but could not possibly be true. In cultures where demons and witches are perceived as real, fairy tales may merge into legends, where the narrative is perceived both by teller and hearers as being grounded in historical truth. However, unlike legends and epics, they usually do not contain more than superficial references to religion and actual places, people, and events; they take place once upon a time rather than in actual times. Fairy tales are found in oral and in literary form.

Definition of fairy story in the English dictionary

The definition of fairy story in the dictionary is a story for children involving magic and imaginary creatures. Other definition of fairy story is a fantasy; untrue story.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FAIRY STORY


cacciatore
ˌkɑːtʃəˈtɔːrɪ
centaury
ˈsɛntɔːrɪ
clearstory
ˈklɪəˌstɔːrɪ
clerestory
ˈklɪəˌstɔːrɪ
glory
ˈɡlɔːrɪ
Maggiore
ˌmædʒɪˈɔːrɪ
midstory
ˈmɪdˌstɔːrɪ
multistorey
ˌmʌltɪˈstɔːrɪ
overstory
ˌəʊvəˈstɔːrɪ
satori
səˈtɔːrɪ
single-storey
ˈsɪŋɡəlˌstɔːrɪ
six-storey
ˌsɪksˈstɔːrɪ
storey
ˈstɔːrɪ
story
ˈstɔːrɪ
sumotori
ˌsuːməʊˈtɔːrɪ
Tory
ˈtɔːrɪ
two-storey
ˈtuːˈstɔːrɪ
understorey
ˈʌndəˌstɔːrɪ
understory
ˈʌndəˌstɔːrɪ
yakitori
ˌjækɪˈtɔːrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAIRY STORY

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fairy armadillo
fairy bluebird
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fairy tale
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fairy-tale
fairydom
fairyfloss
fairyhood
fairyism
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WORDS THAT END LIKE FAIRY STORY

alternative history
ancient history
back story
cover story
credit history
directory
ghost story
history
horror story
life story
love story
medical history
natural history
oral history
prehistory
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short story
sob story
social history
success story
the same old story

Synonyms and antonyms of fairy story in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «FAIRY STORY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fairy story» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fairy story

Translation of «fairy story» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of fairy story to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fairy story from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fairy story» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

童话故事
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuento de hadas
570 millions of speakers

English

fairy story
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परियों की कहानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قصة خرافية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сказка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conto de fadas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরীর গল্প
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

conte de fées
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cerita dongeng
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Märchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

童話
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

요정 이야기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crita dongeng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

câu chuyện cổ tích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேவதை கதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परीकथा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Peri hikayesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fiaba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wróżka opowieść
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

казка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poveste fairy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραμύθι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sprokie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fairy story
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fairy story
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fairy story

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAIRY STORY»

The term «fairy story» is regularly used and occupies the 61.378 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fairy story

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QUOTES WITH «FAIRY STORY»

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Kate Atkinson
The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAIRY STORY»

Discover the use of fairy story in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fairy story and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture.
George Orwell, 2009
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Tolkien on Fairy-Stories
The essay proper as published in corrected form in Tree and Leaf (1964). a?? Commentary on the allusions in the text, and notes about the revisions Tolkien made to the text as published in Tree and Leaf. a?
Verlyn Flieger, Douglas A. Anderson, 2008
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Camilla, the Cupcake Fairy
Simple rhyming text and lively illustrations combine to create the exciting world of Camilla the cupcake fairy. Young children will love her world of cupcakes, fairies and sparkles!
Tim Bugbird, 2011
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A Fairy Story Come True
What. is. this. “Fairy. Story”. I. speak. of? T. here areafewdifferent reasons whyI' mwriting this.Forone,like I said, Christians encourage all people todiscoverthe GoodNews. That good news being that since Christ died for our sins we receive ...
A. J. Harrison, 2012
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The Twinkles Fairy Story
Patricia Ann Farnsworth-Simpson. The Twinkles Fairy Story By Patricia Ann Farnsworth-Simpson Passion for Publishing Website: www.pfppublishers.com Email: www.
Patricia Ann Farnsworth-Simpson., 2008
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J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances: Views of ...
Gospels contain a fairy-story, or a story of a larger kind which embraces all the essence of fairy-stories" (Essays 155). The Resurrection was the greatest " eucatastrophe" possible in the greatest Fairy Story — and produces that essential  ...
George Clark, Daniel Timmons, 2000
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Understanding the Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien ...
In this sense, this second truth of the fairy story is "only one facet of a truth incalculably rich," for in all spheres of human activity there is necessarily something like the signature of God. The eucatastrophic fairy story, a product of redeemed man, ...
Rose A. Zimbardo, Neil D. Isaacs, 2005
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The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales
John Ellis's charge that the Grimms consciously deceived the German public about their sources and editing procedures has been rebutted by Heinz Rolleke, review of One Fairy Story Too Many, Fabula 25 (1984): 330-32, and by Jack Zipes, ...
Maria Tatar, 2003
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Field Guide to Harry Potter
It would be a mistake, however, to consider the first, and the other stories, simply as fairy story. At least, if they are fairy story, it is in the sense developed by Tolkien in his essay “On Fairy Stories,” which is re- ally a classification of fantasy.
Colin Duriez, 2007
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The story of the Red cross knight from Spenser's Fairy ...
Yes ; that will be nice," cried the children. " Only, you must all remember, it is not only a fairy story ; there are beautiful meanings hidden in it which you can find out if you will." " I should like to discover one now," said thoughtful 34 LISTENERS ...
R A. Y, Edmund Spenser, 1885

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAIRY STORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fairy story is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hairspray, Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Church Street, until …
This frothy fairy story preaching fat is beautiful also carries a plea for racial tolerance. Overweight heroine, Tracy Turnblad, wins not only the ... «The Argus, Jul 15»
2
A New App that Encourages Reading Through PLAY!
Story Warriors: Fairy Tales is an engaging puzzle game, a fun interactive adventure and a fantastic new Fairy Story all woven into a single ... «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
3
Star of “Jimmy's Hall” talks about Irishman deported from Ireland …
Footloose certainly struck a chord with a lot of Irish people, but at the time they mostly thought of it as a bit of fairy story. Who'd put up with all ... «IrishCentral, Jul 15»
4
Flamin' Hot Cheetos Are the American Dream
The prospect of such a diet would seem like a fairy story to most eaters even a few decades ago, and it still does in much of the world. «Reason, Jul 15»
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Top 5 things to do in and around Bolton this weekend
... Peake in her latest role as a menacing shape-shifting fairy in a play which blends an ancient fairy story with a portrait of broken England. «The Bolton News, Jul 15»
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Isle of Skye in Scotland casts its surreal spell
... magic in it,” winks Murray, who, with his long curly hair, beard, kilt, and sporran (or pouch), looks like something out of a fairy story himself. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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Let Lupita Nyongo's story challenge us too
... and skilled youths are uemployed and others wasting away in alcohol and drug abuse, Lupita's fairy story should help spark positive action. «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
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Meet Perth's 'royal family', knights bringing medieval history to life in …
[Note from editor: Yes, you are reading WAtoday, not a fairy story. Bear with him – this is leading somewhere.] Many thousands of leagues to ... «WA today, Jul 15»
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Hilarious, horrible here
Maxine Peake and Sarah Frankcom return to MIF with The Skriker, a landmark revival of Caryl Churchill's clash of ancient fairy story and portrait ... «Lancashire Evening Post, Jul 15»
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Interactive bus tours allow children live the magic fables
The Story Bus will arrive in Galway on August 3 and again on August 20, bringing 'The Fairy Story' to kids, who will have the opportunity to ride ... «Connacht Tribune Group, Jul 15»

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