mythos

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale).
2. (countable, uncountable) A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group; a myth, a mythology.
3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A set of assumptions or beliefs about something.
4. (countable, uncountable) A recurring theme; a motif.

Synonyms

chat

colloquy

conversation

conversations

conversions

discourse

discussion

interview

myth

speech

talk

🗣️

mythus

convo

Translations

Mythos

conversa

Sprache

Aussprache

Gespräch

Konversation

كلام

Rede

Unterhaltung

Unterredung

ομιλία

συζήτηση

συνομιλία

langue

👅

حديث

🆕

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪθɒs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mȳthos (“myth”), from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “report, tale, story”). Doublet of myth.
The plural form mythoi is from Ancient Greek μῦθοι (mûthoi), and the form mythoses from mythos + -es.