legendary

English

Etymology

legend +‎ -ary; from Middle Latin legendarius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective appear in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

legendary (comparative more legendary, superlative most legendary)

Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
Appearing (solely) in legends.
Having the splendor of a legend; fabled.
Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:
  And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.

Translations

of or pertaining to a legend

Arabic: أُسْطُورِيّ‎‎ (ʾusṭūriyy)
Azerbaijani: əfsanəvi
Catalan: llegendari
Dutch: legendarisch (nl)
Esperanto: legenda (eo)
Finnish: legendaarinen (fi)
French: légendaire (fr)
Galician: lendario m
German: legendär (de)
Greek: θρυλικός (el) (thrylikós)
Hindi: पौराणिक (hi) (paurāṇik)
Hungarian: legendás (hu)
Latin: fabularis (la)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: legendarisk

Nynorsk: legendarisk

Polish: legendarny (pl)
Portuguese: lendário (pt), legendário (pt), mítico (pt)
Romanian: legendar (ro), mitic (ro)
Russian: легенда́рный (ru) (legendárnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: lȅgendāran (sh)
Spanish: legendario
Swahili: -a kihekaya
Swedish: legendarisk (sv)
Tagalog: pang-alamat, maalamat
Turkish: efsanevi (tr)
Welsh: chwedlonol (cy)

Noun

legendary (plural legendaries)

(obsolete) A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.
(obsolete) One who relates legends.

Anagrams

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