Legend — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

brief description accompanying an illustration

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈɛdʒənd/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈɛdʒənd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈɛdʒənd/

2 syllables Say it as /lˈɛdʒənd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fable caption

Word Forms

legendary	adjective	celebrated in fable or legend
fabulous	adjective	based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
fabulist	noun	a person who tells or invents fables
caption	verb	provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Legende

eine Geschichte über mythische oder übernatürliche Wesen oder Ereignisse

🇫🇷French

légende

une histoire sur des êtres ou des événements mythiques ou surnaturels

🇪🇸Spanish

leyenda

una historia sobre seres o eventos míticos o sobrenaturales

🇮🇹Italian

leggenda

una storia su esseri o eventi mitici o soprannaturali

🇳🇱Dutch

legende

een verhaal over mythische of bovennatuurlijke wezens of gebeurtenissen

🇵🇹Portuguese

lenda

uma história sobre seres ou eventos míticos ou sobrenaturais

🇷🇺Russian

легенда

рассказ о мифических или сверхъестественных существах или событиях

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दंतकथा

पौराणिक या अलौकिक प्राणियों या घटनाओं के बारे में एक कहानी

🇧🇩Bengali

কিংবদন্তি

পৌরাণিক বা অতিপ্রাকৃত প্রাণী বা ঘটনা সম্পর্কে একটি গল্প

🇮🇳Tamil

புராணக்கதை

புராண அல்லது இயற்கைக்கு அப்பாற்பட்ட மனிதர்கள் அல்லது நிகழ்வுகள் பற்றிய கதை

🇮🇳Telugu

పురాణం

పౌరాణిక లేదా అతీంద్రియ జీవులు లేదా సంఘటనల గురించిన కథ

🇮🇳Marathi

आख्यायिका

पौराणिक किंवा अलौकिक प्राणी किंवा घटनांबद्दल एक कथा

🇮🇳Gujarati

દંતકથા

પૌરાણિક અથવા અલૌકિક માણસો અથવા ઘટનાઓ વિશેની વાર્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಂತಕಥೆ

ಪೌರಾಣಿಕ ಅಥವಾ ಅಲೌಕಿಕ ಜೀವಿಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಘಟನೆಗಳ ಕುರಿತಾದ ಕಥೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഇതിഹാസം

പുരാണ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അമാനുഷിക ജീവികളെ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സംഭവങ്ങളെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള ഒരു കഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੰਤਕਥਾ

ਮਿਥਿਹਾਸਕ ਜਾਂ ਅਲੌਕਿਕ ਜੀਵਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਘਟਨਾਵਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਇੱਕ ਕਹਾਣੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

لیجنڈ

افسانوی یا مافوق الفطرت مخلوقات یا واقعات کے بارے میں ایک کہانی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

传奇

关于神话或超自然生物或事件的故事

🇯🇵Japanese

伝説

神話的または超自然的な存在または出来事についての物語

🇰🇷Korean

전설

신화적이거나 초자연적인 존재나 사건에 관한 이야기

🇻🇳Vietnamese

huyền thoại

một câu chuyện về những sinh vật hoặc sự kiện thần thoại hoặc siêu nhiên

🇹🇭Thai

ตำนาน

เรื่องราวเกี่ยวกับสิ่งมีชีวิตหรือเหตุการณ์ในตำนานหรือเหนือธรรมชาติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

legenda

sebuah cerita tentang makhluk atau peristiwa mitos atau supranatural

🇵🇭Filipino

alamat

isang kuwento tungkol sa mito o supernatural na mga nilalang o mga pangyayari

🇲🇾Malay

lagenda

cerita tentang makhluk atau kejadian mitos atau ghaib

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أسطورة

قصة عن كائنات أو أحداث أسطورية أو خارقة للطبيعة

🇮🇷Persian

افسانه

داستانی درباره موجودات یا رویدادهای افسانه ای یا ماوراء طبیعی

🇹🇷Turkish

efsane

efsanevi veya doğaüstü varlıklar veya olaylarla ilgili bir hikaye

🇮🇱Hebrew

אַגָדָה

סיפור על יצורים או אירועים מיתיים או על טבעיים

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What is the primary definition of the word 'legend'?

The primary meaning of 'legend' is 'a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events'.

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