"legendary" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/ [US], /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.dɹi/ [UK], /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.də.ɹi/ [UK] Audio: en-us-legendary.ogg [US] Forms: more legendary [comparative], most legendary [superlative]
Etymology: legend + -ary; from Medieval Latin legendārius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Medieval Latin legendārium, Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|legend|ary}} legend + -ary, {{der|en|ML.|legendārius}} Medieval Latin legendārius, {{der|en|ML.|legendārium}} Medieval Latin legendārium, {{cog|fro|legendier}} Old French legendier, {{der|en|la|legenda}} Latin legenda Head templates: {{en-adj}} legendary (comparative more legendary, superlative most legendary)
  1. Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
    Sense id: en-legendary-en-adj---aZDf~w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 2 11 24 16 22
  2. Appearing (solely) in legends.
    Sense id: en-legendary-en-adj-vhMyNhA0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ary Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 2 11 24 16 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ary: 9 25 3 13 19 14 17
  3. Having the splendor of a legend; fabled. Translations (of or pertaining to a legend): أُسْطُورِيّ (ʔusṭūriyy) (Arabic), առասպելական (aṙaspelakan) (Armenian), llexendariu (Asturian), əfsanəvi (Azerbaijani), легенда́рны (ljehjendárny) (Belarusian), легендарен (legendaren) (Bulgarian), llegendari (Catalan), legendariu (Corsican), ligendariu (Corsican), legendární (Czech), legendarisk (Danish), legendarisch (Dutch), legenda (Esperanto), legendaarinen (Finnish), légendaire (French), lezendari (Friulian), lendario [masculine] (Galician), ლეგენდარული (legendaruli) (Georgian), legendär (German), θρυλικός (thrylikós) (Greek), पौराणिक (paurāṇik) (Hindi), legendás (Hungarian), legendaris (Indonesian), finscéalach (Irish), leggendario (Italian), 伝説上の (densetsujō no) (Japanese), fabularis (Latin), leģendārs (Latvian), legendarisk (Norwegian Bokmål), legendarisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), legendarny (Polish), lendário (Portuguese), legendário (Portuguese), mítico (Portuguese), legendar (Romanian), mitic (Romanian), легенда́рный (legendárnyj) (Russian), lȅgendāran (Serbo-Croatian), legendario (Spanish), -a kihekaya (Swahili), legendarisk (Swedish), pang-alamat (Tagalog), maalamat (Tagalog), efsanevi (Turkish), destansı (Turkish), легенда́рний (lehendárnyj) (Ukrainian), chwedlonol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-legendary-en-adj-XgrLmj8u Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to a legend': 38 10 50 2
  4. Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories.
    Sense id: en-legendary-en-adj-jH6jlPMj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 2 11 24 16 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: semi-legendary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/ [US], /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.dɹi/ [UK], /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.də.ɹi/ [UK] Audio: en-us-legendary.ogg [US] Forms: legendaries [plural]
Etymology: legend + -ary; from Medieval Latin legendārius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Medieval Latin legendārium, Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|legend|ary}} legend + -ary, {{der|en|ML.|legendārius}} Medieval Latin legendārius, {{der|en|ML.|legendārium}} Medieval Latin legendārium, {{cog|fro|legendier}} Old French legendier, {{der|en|la|legenda}} Latin legenda Head templates: {{en-noun}} legendary (plural legendaries)
  1. (obsolete) A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: legendarium
    Sense id: en-legendary-en-noun-PgOpDOxh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 2 11 24 16 22
  2. (obsolete) One who relates legends. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-legendary-en-noun-rpFs-sjv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 2 11 24 16 22
  3. (Pokémon) A legendary Pokémon. Categories (topical): Pokémon
    Sense id: en-legendary-en-noun-CywqQN4L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 2 11 24 16 22

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "aṙaspelakan",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "առասպելական"
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "llexendariu"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "əfsanəvi"
    },
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "ljehjendárny",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "легенда́рны"
    },
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "легендарен"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "llegendari"
    },
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendariu"
    },
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      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "ligendariu"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendární"
    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
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    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legenda"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendaarinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "légendaire"
    },
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      "code": "fur",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "lezendari"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "ლეგენდარული"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendär"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "θρυλικός"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "पौराणिक"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendás"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendaris"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "finscéalach"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "伝説上の"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "fabularis"
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "leģendārs"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendarisk"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendarisk"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendarny"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "lendário"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendário"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
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    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendar"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "mitic"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "легенда́рный"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "lȅgendāran"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendario"
    },
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "-a kihekaya"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "legendarisk"
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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "pang-alamat"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "maalamat"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "efsanevi"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "легенда́рний"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a legend",
      "word": "chwedlonol"
    }
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}

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        "(Pokémon) A legendary Pokémon."
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