mythical

English

Etymology

From Latin mȳthicos +‎ -al;^[1] by surface analysis, myth +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĭth'ĭkəl, IPA^(key): /ˈmɪθɪkəl/

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Adjective

mythical (comparative more mythical, superlative most mythical)

1. Existing in myth.
2. (by extension) Not real; false or fabricated.
3. Very rare.

Synonyms

• mythic
• legendary

Derived terms

• mythicality
• mythically
• mythicalness

Translations

existing in myth

Armenian: դիցաբանական (hy) (dicʻabanakan), առասպելական (hy) (aṙaspelakan) Belarusian: міфі́чны (mifíčny), міты́чны (mitýčny) (Taraškievica) Bulgarian: мити́чески (mitíčeski) Catalan: mític (ca) Czech: bájný (cs), mytický Dutch: mythisch (nl) Esperanto: mita Finnish: myyttinen (fi) French: mythique (fr) Georgian: მითიური (mitiuri) German: mythisch (de) Greek: μυθικός (el) m (mythikós) Ancient Greek: μυθικός (muthikós) Italian: mitico (it), leggendario (it), favoloso (it) Japanese: 神話の (ja) (しんわの, shinwa no) Korean: 신화적 (sinhwajeok) Latin: fabularis (la), mythicus Norwegian: Bokmål: mytisk Nynorsk: mytisk Polish: mityczny (pl) Portuguese: mítico (pt) Russian: мифи́ческий (ru) (mifíčeskij) Serbo-Croatian: mȋtskī (sh) Slovene: mitski, mitološki (sl) Spanish: mítico (es) Swedish: mytisk (sv) Ukrainian: міфі́чний (mifíčnyj), міти́чний (mitýčnyj)

See also

• mythological

References

1. “mythical, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-10-19.