mythologie

See also: Mythologie

Czech

Alternative forms

• mytologie f

Noun

mythologie f

1. mythology (collection and study of myths)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French mythologie, from Middle French mythologie, from Latin mythologia, from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología, “legend”) μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “I tell tales”), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) + λέγω (légō, “I say”). Equivalent to mythe +‎ -logie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmi.toː.loːˈɣi/

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• Hyphenation: my‧tho‧lo‧gie

Noun

mythologie f (plural mythologieën, diminutive mythologietje n)

1. mythology (collection and study of myths)

Derived terms

• mythologisch

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: my‧tho‧lo‧gie

Noun

mythologie f (plural mythologies)

1. mythology (myths of a people)

Descendants

• → Turkish: mitoloji

Further reading

• “mythologie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.