legendary

English

Etymology

legend +‎ -ary; from Middle Latin legendarius' Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s).' (Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective appear in the 16th century.

Adjective

legendary (not comparable)

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

Translations

of or pertaining to a legend

• Azeri: əfsanəvi (az)
• Catalan: llegendari (ca)
• Dutch: legendarisch (nl)
• Esperanto: legenda (eo)
• Finnish: legendaarinen (fi)
• French: légendaire (fr)
• German: legendär (de)
• Greek: θρυλικός (el) (thrilikόs)
• Hungarian: legendás (hu)
• Latin: fabularis (la)

• Portuguese: lendário (pt) m, místico (pt) m
• Romanian: legendar (ro) m, legendară (ro) f, mitic (ro) m and n
• Russian: легендарный (ru) (legendárnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: lȅgendāran (sh)
• Spanish: legendario (es)
• Swahili: -a kihekaya (sw)
• Swedish: legendarisk
• Turkish: efsanevi (tr)
• Welsh: chwedlonol (cy)

Noun

legendary (plural legendaries)

1. (obsolete) A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.
2. (obsolete) One who relates legends.