myth

Significat (Anglès)

  1. A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.
  2. (uncountable) Such stories as a genre.
  3. A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
  4. A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
  5. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
  6. An invented story, theory, or concept.

Conceptes

mite
mites
Sinònims

legend
B2
fable
26k
tale
B2
fairy tale
story
A1
mythology
C2
fiction
C1
saga
C2
history
A2
narrative
C2
news
A1
📰
report
A2

old story

romance
B2

made-up story

origin account

account
B1
mythus
belief
B2
fabrication
26k

fairy story

folktale
legends
C1
lie
A2
mythos
narration
24k
Traduccions

mythe
mito
mito
Mythos
mythe

μύθος

mito
efsane
Märchen
Sage
mit
legende

myto

lenda
Freqüència

C1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/mɪθ/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable”). Attested in English since 1830. Doublet of mythos.

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