"myth" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪθ/ Audio: En-us-myth.ogg Forms: myths [plural]
enPR: mĭth Rhymes: -ɪθ Etymology: From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable”). Attested in English since 1830. Doublet of mythos. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|μῦθος||word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable}} Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable”), {{doublet|en|mythos}} Doublet of mythos Head templates: {{en-noun}} myth (plural myths)
  1. A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.
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  2. (uncountable) Such stories as a genre. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Mythology Translations (such stories as genre): митоло́гия (mitológija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), jumalaistarusto (Finnish), мифоло́гия (mifológija) [feminine] (Russian)
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  3. A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality. Synonyms: misconception Translations (commonly-held but false belief): mite (Afrikaans), خُرَافَة (ḵurāfa) [feminine] (Arabic), mythe [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), mito (Esperanto), myytti (Finnish), uskomus (Finnish), mito [masculine] (Galician), მითი (miti) (Georgian), Mythos [masculine] (German), μύθος (mýthos) [masculine] (Greek), מִיתוֹס (mítos) [masculine] (Hebrew), mítosz (Hungarian), skröksaga [feminine] (Icelandic), خُرافات (xorâfât) (Iranian Persian), mito [masculine] (Italian), mythos [masculine] (Latin), fabula [feminine] (Latin), mīts [masculine] (Latvian), mitas [masculine] (Lithuanian), myte [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), myte [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mit [masculine] (Polish), mito (Portuguese), миф (mif) [masculine] (Russian), пове́рье (povérʹje) [neuter] (Russian), леге́нда (legénda) [feminine] (Russian), ми̑т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mȋt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), myt [common-gender] (Swedish), міф (mif) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пові́р'я (povírʺja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), леге́нда (lehénda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), خُرافات (xurāfāt) [feminine, plural] (Urdu)
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  4. A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend Translations (person or thing held in excessive awe or admiration): myytti (Finnish)
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  5. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable. Translations (person or thing existing only in imagination): изми́слица (izmíslica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), myytti (Finnish)
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  6. An invented story, theory, or concept.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mythe [archaic, rare] Related terms: legend Translations (divine story): mite (Afrikaans), mit [masculine] (Albanian), μῦθος (mûthos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūra) [feminine] (Arabic), առասպել (aṙaspel) (Armenian), mif [Roman] (Azerbaijani), əsatir [Roman] (Azerbaijani), əfsanə [Roman] (Azerbaijani), mito (Basque), міф (mif) [masculine] (Belarusian), міт (mit) [Taraškievica, masculine] (Belarusian), শ্রুতি (sruti) (Bengali), мит (mit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဒဏ္ဍာရီ (dandari) (Burmese), mite [masculine] (Catalan), mites [plural] (Catalan), ˀútne- (Central Sierra Miwok), шынхуа (šɨnhua) [Dungan] (Chinese), 神話 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 神话 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 神話 (Chinese Cantonese), 神话 (alt: san⁴ waa⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 神話 (Chinese Mandarin), 神话 (shénhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), мѷѳъ (mü̏θŭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), mýtus [masculine] (Czech), myte [common-gender] (Danish), mythe [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), 神話 (Eastern Min Chinese), 神话 (sìng-uâ) (Eastern Min Chinese), пазъёвкс (pazjovks) (Erzya), mito (Esperanto), müüt (Estonian), frumsøgn [feminine] (Faroese), gudasøgn [feminine] (Faroese), myta [feminine] (Faroese), mýta [feminine] (Faroese), myytti (Finnish), jumalaistaru (Finnish), mythe (French), mito [masculine] (Galician), თქმულება (tkmuleba) (Georgian), მითი (miti) (Georgian), ლეგენდა (legenda) (Georgian), Mythos [masculine] (German), Sage [feminine] (German), μύθος (mýthos) [masculine] (Greek), mombe'upy (Guaraní), 神話 (Hakka Chinese), 神话 (sṳ̀n-fa) (Hakka Chinese), מִיתוֹס (mítos) [masculine] (Hebrew), मिथक (mithak) [masculine] (Hindi), rege (Hungarian), hitrege (Hungarian), mítosz (Hungarian), saga [feminine] (Icelandic), uppspuni [masculine] (Icelandic), mito (Ido), mitos (Indonesian), اُسْطورِه (osture) (Iranian Persian), اَفْسانِه (afsâne) (Iranian Persian), رِوایَت (revâyat) (Iranian Persian), miotas [masculine] (Irish), mito [masculine] (Italian), 神話 (shinwa) (alt: しんわ) (Japanese), аңыз (añyz) (Kazakh), миф (mif) (Kazakh), ទេវកថា (teivĕəʼ kaʼthaa) (Khmer), 신화 (sinhwa) (alt: 神話) (Korean), уламыш (ulamış) (Kyrgyz), миф (mif) (Kyrgyz), ຕຳນານ (tam nān) (Lao), mȳthos [masculine] (Latin), mīts [masculine] (Latvian), mitas [masculine] (Lithuanian), мит (mit) [masculine] (Macedonian), mitos (Malay), pūrākau (Maori), домог (domog) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), efsane (Northern Kurdish), mît (Northern Kurdish), myte [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), myte [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), اساطیر (esātir) (Ottoman Turkish), داستان (dastan, destan) (Ottoman Turkish), اسطوره (ustura) (Ottoman Turkish), اسطوره (asturá) (Pashto), افسانه (afsāná) [feminine] (Pashto), mit [masculine] (Polish), mito (Portuguese), mit [neuter] (Romanian), legendă [feminine] (Romanian), миф (mif) [masculine] (Russian), fionnsgeul [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ми̑т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mȋt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mýtus [masculine] (Slovak), mit [masculine] (Slovene), tshomo (Sotho), mito [masculine] (Spanish), myt [common-gender] (Swedish), афсона (afsona) (Tajik), ривоят (rivoyat) (Tajik), устура (ustura) (Tajik), தொன்மம் (toṉmam) (Tamil), పురాణము (purāṇamu) (Telugu), ตำนาน (dtam-naan) (Thai), mit (Turkish), söylence (Turkish), efsane (Turkish), tansık (Turkish), mif (Turkmen), rowaýat (Turkmen), міф (mif) [masculine] (Ukrainian), міт (mit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), اُسْطُورَہ (ustūra) [masculine] (Urdu), اَفْسانَہ (afsāna) [masculine] (Urdu), داسْتان (dāstān) [feminine] (Urdu), ئەپسانە (epsane) (Uyghur), رىۋايەت (riwayet) (Uyghur), afsona (Uzbek), mif (Uzbek), thần thoại (alt: 神話) (Vietnamese), chwedl [feminine] (Welsh), myth [masculine] (Welsh), 神話 (Wu Chinese), 神话 (⁶zen-gho) (Wu Chinese), מיטאָס (mitos) [masculine] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1849, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Caxtons:",
          "text": "As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths these twenty years.",
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          "ref": "2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Collectors Codex entry:",
          "text": "Living beyond the Omega-4 mass relay in the Terminus Systems, the mysterious Collector species is glimpsed so rarely as to be taken for a myth by most in galactic society. In reality, Collectors are human-sized insectoid bipeds and can resemble massive winged beetles. They are a terrifying force in the galaxy, responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands.",
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      "word": "mite"
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      "sense": "divine story",
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      "sense": "divine story",
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      "word": "міф"
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      "sense": "divine story",
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      "word": "creation myth"
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          "text": "Okay, okay, okay… First, of course, babies feel pain. How the fuck did we ever think otherwise⁉ But more importantly, the fact that painkillers are addictive was not a myth. It’s like a book of Greek mythology featuring the stories of Zeus, Sisyphus, Oedipus and Yanni. Come on! That last one is very real and it cannot be dismissed.",
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          "text": "Living beyond the Omega-4 mass relay in the Terminus Systems, the mysterious Collector species is glimpsed so rarely as to be taken for a myth by most in galactic society. In reality, Collectors are human-sized insectoid bipeds and can resemble massive winged beetles. They are a terrifying force in the galaxy, responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands.",
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        "A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His story is a pure myth.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An invented story, theory, or concept."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "mĭth"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪθ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-myth.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/En-us-myth.ogg/En-us-myth.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/En-us-myth.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "miff (th-fronting)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪθ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "mythe"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mite"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔusṭūra",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "أُسْطُورَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙaspel",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "առասպել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mif"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "əsatir"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "əfsanə"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mito"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mif",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "міф"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mit",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "Taraškievica",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "міт"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "sruti",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "শ্রুতি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mit",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мит"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "dandari",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "ဒဏ္ဍာရီ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mites"
    },
    {
      "code": "csm",
      "lang": "Central Sierra Miwok",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "ˀútne-"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "alt": "san⁴ waa⁶⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "神话"
    },
    {
      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "šɨnhua",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
      ],
      "word": "шынхуа"
    },
    {
      "code": "cdo",
      "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "code": "cdo",
      "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
      "roman": "sìng-uâ",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "神话"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "sṳ̀n-fa",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "神话"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "神话"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénhuà",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "神话"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "roman": "⁶zen-gho",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "神话"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mýtus"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "myte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mythe"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "pazjovks",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "пазъёвкс"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mito"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "müüt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frumsøgn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gudasøgn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "myta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mýta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "myytti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "jumalaistaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mythe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tkmuleba",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "თქმულება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "miti",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "მითი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "legenda",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "ლეგენდა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mythos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sage"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mýthos",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μύθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mûthos",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μῦθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mombe'upy"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mítos",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מִיתוֹס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mithak",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मिथक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "rege"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "hitrege"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mítosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saga"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uppspuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mito"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mitos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miotas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mito"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんわ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinwa",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "añyz",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "аңыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mif",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "миф"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "teivĕəʼ kaʼthaa",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "ទេវកថា"
    },
    {
      "alt": "神話",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinhwa",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "신화"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "efsane"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mît"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ulamış",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "уламыш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "mif",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "миф"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "tam nān",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "ຕຳນານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mȳthos"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mīts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mit",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mitos"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "pūrākau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "domog",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "домог"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "myte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "myte"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "mü̏θŭ",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мѷѳъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "esātir",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "اساطیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "note": "افسانه (efsane, literally “legend”)",
      "sense": "divine story"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dastan, destan",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "داستان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ustura",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "اسطوره"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "asturá",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "اسطوره"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "afsāná",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "افسانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "osture",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "اُسْطورِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "afsâne",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "اَفْسانِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "revâyat",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "رِوایَت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legendă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mif",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "миф"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fionnsgeul"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ми̑т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mȋt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mýtus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mit"
    },
    {
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Sotho",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "tshomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "myt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "afsona",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "афсона"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "rivoyat",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "ривоят"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ustura",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "устура"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "toṉmam",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "தொன்மம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "purāṇamu",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "పురాణము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtam-naan",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "ตำนาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "söylence"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "efsane"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "tansık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mif"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "rowaýat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mif",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "міф"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mit",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "міт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ustūra",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اُسْطُورَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "afsāna",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اَفْسانَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "dāstān",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "داسْتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "epsane",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "ئەپسانە"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "riwayet",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "رىۋايەت"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "afsona"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "mif"
    },
    {
      "alt": "神話",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "word": "thần thoại"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwedl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "myth"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mitos",
      "sense": "divine story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מיטאָס"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mitológija",
      "sense": "such stories as genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "митоло́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "such stories as genre",
      "word": "jumalaistarusto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mifológija",
      "sense": "such stories as genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мифоло́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "word": "mite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵurāfa",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خُرَافَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mythe"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "word": "mito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "word": "myytti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "word": "uskomus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "miti",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "word": "მითი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mythos"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mýthos",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μύθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mítos",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מִיתוֹס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "word": "mítosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skröksaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mito"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mythos"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fabula"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mīts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "myte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "myte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "xorâfât",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "word": "خُرافات"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "word": "mito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mif",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "миф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povérʹje",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пове́рье"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "legénda",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "леге́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ми̑т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mȋt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "myt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mif",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "міф"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povírʺja",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пові́р'я"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lehénda",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "леге́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xurāfāt",
      "sense": "commonly-held but false belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "خُرافات"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or thing held in excessive awe or admiration",
      "word": "myytti"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmíslica",
      "sense": "person or thing existing only in imagination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изми́слица"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or thing existing only in imagination",
      "word": "myytti"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "myth"
  ],
  "word": "myth"
}

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