legendary

English

Etymology

From 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:

     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 (es), leyendario 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