urban legend

English

Noun

urban legend (plural urban legends)

1. A widely circulated story that is untrue or dubious, often having elements of humour or horror.

   The claim that alligators live in New York City's sewers is an old urban legend.

Synonyms

• rumor
• urban myth

Translations

dubious story

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳聞／传闻 (zh) (chuánwén), 都市傳說／都市传说 (zh) (dūshì chuánshuō)

• Danish: vandrehistorie c
• Dutch: broodjeaapverhaal (nl) n, broodje aap n, stadslegende f
• Finnish: urbaanilegenda (fi), kaupunkilegenda (fi), kaupunkitarina (fi)
• French: légende urbaine (fr) f
• Galician: lenda urbana f
• German: moderne Legende f, Großstadtlegende f
• Greek: αστικός μύθος m (astikós mýthos)
• Hungarian: városi legenda
• Italian: leggenda metropolitana
• Japanese: 都市伝説 (ja) (としでんせつ, toshi densetsu)
• Kazakh: қала аңызы (qala añyzy)
• Latvian: mūsdienu teika f
• Mongolian: хотын домог (xotyn domog)
• Portuguese: lenda urbana f
• Russian: городска́я леге́нда f (gorodskája legénda)
• Spanish: leyenda urbana f
• Swedish: vandringssägen c, klintbergare (sv) c
• Tagalog: kuwentong-barbero
• Turkish: şehir efsanesi
• Ukrainian: міська́ леге́нда f (misʹká lehénda)
• Vietnamese: truyền thuyết đô thị

See also

• conspiracy theory
• conventional wisdom
• fallacy
• hoax
• misconception
• old wives' tale
• shaggy dog story
• superstition
• tall tale