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legendary

UK/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.dɹi//ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/

legendary adjective: of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.

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.
    • And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport

Noun

legendary (plural legendaries)

  1. (obsolete) A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.
    Synonyms:
    legendarium
  2. (obsolete) One who relates legends.
  3. A legendary Pokémon.

legendary meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

legendary in Hindi

of or pertaining to a legend
पौराणिक paurāṇik

legendary in Marathi

पौराणिक

legendary in Urdu

of or pertaining to a legend
افسانوی afsānvī, داستانی dāstānsī

legendary in Bengali

কাল্পনিক, অদ্ভুত, উপকথাসুলভ
More languagesFewer languages
legendary in Malayalam
ഐതിഹാസിക aitihāsika
legendary in Gujarati
સુપ્રસિદ્ધ
legendary in Nepali
पौराणिक
legendary in Tagalog
pang-alamat, maalamat
legendary in Arabic
أُسْطُورِيّ ʔusṭūriyy
legendary in Indonesian
legendaris
legendary in Persian
افسانوی afsânavi

Examples of legendary in a sentence

  • Jamie's kindness is legendary, so much that people have taken advantage of her.
  • What if the legendary hero Robin Hood had been born into the mayhem of the 20th century?
  • The limpidity of Lake Tahoe is legendary, but now the water is clouding.

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Synonyms of legendary

Forms of legendary

Adjective
comparativemore legendary
superlativemost legendary
Noun
plurallegendaries

Origin of legendary

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.

Words formed from legendary

Phrases with legendary

Questions about legendary

What does legendary mean?
Legendary means of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
What is legendary in Hindi?
Legendary in Hindi is पौराणिक (paurāṇik). See Legendary meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is legendary?
Legendary can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce legendary?
Legendary is pronounced /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/ (US).

Words near legendary in the dictionary

  1. legendarians
  2. legendaries
  3. legendarily
  4. legendariness
  5. legendarium
  6. legendary
  7. legendary Pokémon
  8. legende
  9. legended
  10. legendes
  11. legendic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: legendary (page history and authors); legendary (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); legendary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഐതിഹാസിക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); legendary (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); legendary (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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