legendary

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.dɹi/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.də.ɹi/

Adjective

legendary (comparative more legendary, superlative most legendary)

1. Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
2. Appearing (solely) in legends.
3. Having the splendor of a legend; fabled.
4. Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories.
   • 2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.

Derived terms

• semi-legendary

Translations

of or pertaining to a legend

• Arabic: أُسْطُورِيّ (ʔusṭūriyy)
• Armenian: առասպելական (hy) (aṙaspelakan)
• Asturian: llexendariu
• Azerbaijani: əfsanəvi
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: легенда́рны (ljehjendárny)
• Bulgarian: легендарен (bg) (legendaren)
• Catalan: llegendari (ca)
• Corsican: legendariu, ligendariu
• Czech: legendární (cs)
• Danish: legendarisk
• Dutch: legendarisch (nl)
• Esperanto: legenda (eo)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: legendaarinen (fi)
• French: légendaire (fr)
• Friulian: lezendari
• Galician: lendario m
• Georgian: ლეგენდარული (legendaruli)
• German: legendär (de)
• Greek: θρυλικός (el) (thrylikós)
• Hindi: पौराणिक (hi) (paurāṇik)
• Hungarian: legendás (hu)
• Indonesian: legendaris (id)
• Irish: finscéalach
• Italian: leggendario (it)
• Japanese: 伝説上の (densetsujō no)
• Latin: fabularis (la)
• Latvian: leģendārs
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• 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), destansı (tr)
• Ukrainian: легенда́рний (lehendárnyj)
• Welsh: chwedlonol (cy)
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Noun

legendary (plural legendaries)

1. (obsolete) A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.

   Synonym: legendarium

2. (obsolete) One who relates legends.
3. (Pokémon) A legendary Pokémon.

Anagrams

• enragedly