different between fabula vs confabulate

English

Etymology

Latin fabula (“story”). Doublet of fable.

Noun

fabula (plural fabulae)

1. (narratology) A series of events forming the basis of a story or narrative.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: fabulas, fabulât

Verb

fabula

1. third-person singular past historic of fabuler

Italian

Etymology

From Latin f?bula, from Proto-Italic *f?ðl?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?d?lo-, derived from the root *b?eh?- (“to speak, say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa.bu.la/
• Rhymes: -abula
• Hyphenation: fà?bu?la

Noun

fabula f (plural fabulae)

1. (literature, film studies) fabula

Related terms

References

• fabula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *f?ðl?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“speak”) + *-d?leh?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fa?.bu.la/, [?fä?b???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fa.bu.la/, [?f??bul?]

Noun

f?bula f (genitive f?bulae); first declension

1. discourse, narrative
2. a fable, tale, story
3. a poem, play
4. concern, matter
5. romance

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• f?bella
• f?bul?ris
• f?bulor
• f?bul?sus
• lupus in f?bul?

Related terms

• f?bul?ti?
• f?bul?tor
• f?bul?s?
• f?bul?sit?s

Descendants

Noun

f?bul? f

1. ablative singular of f?bula

References

• fabula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fabula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fabula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fabula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• fabula in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• fabula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

From French fabuler.

Verb

a fabula (third-person singular present fabuleaz?, past participle fabulat) 1st conj.

1. to fabulate

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

fabula

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of fabular.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of fabular.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of fabular.

English

Etymology

From Latin c?nf?bul?r? + English -ate (suffix forming verbs with the sense of acting in the specified manner). C?nf?bul?r? is the present active infinitive of c?nf?bulor (“to converse; to discuss”), from con- (prefix indicating a bringing together) + f?bulor (“to chat, converse, talk; to make up a story”) (from f?bula (“discourse, narrative; fable, story”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to say, speak”)) + for (“to say, speak, talk”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?fæbj?le?t/
• Hyphenation: con?fab?ul?ate

Verb

confabulate (third-person singular simple present confabulates, present participle confabulating, simple past and past participle confabulated)

1. (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.

   Synonym: confab

2. (intransitive) To confer.
3. (transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
   • 1991, George P. Prigatano Chairman, Daniel L. Schacter, Awareness of Deficit after Brain Injury: Clinical and Theoretical Issues ...

     "It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response."

Derived terms

• confab (verb)

Related terms

Translations

References

Italian

Verb

confabulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of confabulare
2. second-person plural imperative of confabulare
3. feminine plural of confabulato

Latin

Participle

c?nf?bul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of c?nf?bul?tus