"mythical" meaning in English

See mythical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɪθɪkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mythical.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more mythical [comparative], most mythical [superlative]
enPR: mĭth'ĭkəl Etymology: From Latin mȳthicos + -al;; by surface analysis, myth + -ical. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mȳthicos|al|lang1=la}} Latin mȳthicos + -al, {{surf|en|myth|-ical|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, myth + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} mythical (comparative more mythical, superlative most mythical)
  1. Existing in myth. Categories (topical): Mythology Translations (existing in myth): μυθικός (muthikós) (Ancient Greek), դիցաբանական (dicʻabanakan) (Armenian), առասպելական (aṙaspelakan) (Armenian), міфі́чны (mifíčny) (Belarusian), міты́чны (mitýčny) [Taraškievica] (Belarusian), мити́чески (mitíčeski) (Bulgarian), mític (Catalan), bájný (Czech), mytický (Czech), mythisch (Dutch), mita (Esperanto), myyttinen (Finnish), mythique (French), მითიური (mitiuri) (Georgian), mythisch (German), μυθικός (mythikós) [masculine] (Greek), mitico (Italian), leggendario (Italian), favoloso (Italian), 神話の (shinwa no) (alt: しんわの) (Japanese), 신화적 (sinhwajeok) (Korean), fabularis (Latin), mythicus (Latin), mytisk (Norwegian Bokmål), mytisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), mityczny (Polish), mítico (Portuguese), мифи́ческий (mifíčeskij) (Russian), mȋtskī (Serbo-Croatian), mitski (Slovene), mitološki (Slovene), mítico (Spanish), mytisk (Swedish), міфі́чний (mifíčnyj) (Ukrainian), міти́чний (mitýčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-mythical-en-adj-im9MJM1K Disambiguation of Mythology: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'existing in myth': 98 2
  2. (by extension) Not real; false or fabricated. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-mythical-en-adj-9qsfrRfZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, English terms suffixed with -ical Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ical: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mythic, legendary Derived forms: mythicality, mythically, mythicalness Related terms: mythological

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