fairy tale
/ˈfɛəri teɪl/ · fair·y tale
noun
- A folktale featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters. I used to love reading fairy tales when I was a child.
- A story presented as true that is not believable. He's telling us another fairy tale about how great the software will be.
Did you know? The Brothers Grimm's collection of Germanic and European folktales, Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales), is one of the most famous collections of fairy tales in the world.