myth

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• South-Asia: /mɪt̪(h)/
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From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable”). Attested in English since 1830. Doublet of mythos.

172 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: mite — divine story
• Albanian: mit — divine story
• Arabic: أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūra) — divine story
• Armenian: առասպել (aṙaspel) — divine story
• Armenian: միֆ (mif) — divine story
• Azerbaijani: اساطیر (âsātir) — divine story
• Azerbaijani: اوسطوره (ostura) — divine story
• Azerbaijani: mif — divine story
• Azerbaijani: əsatir — divine story
• Azerbaijani: əfsanə — divine story
• Basque: mito — divine story
• Belarusian: міф (mif) — divine story
• Belarusian: міт (mit) — divine story
• Bengali: শ্রুতি (sruti) — divine story
• Bulgarian: мит (mit) — divine story
• Burmese: ဒဏ္ဍာရီ (dandari) — divine story
• Catalan: mite — divine story
• Catalan: mites — divine story
• Chinese Cantonese: 神話 /神话 — divine story
• Chinese: шынхуа (šɨnhua) — divine story
• Eastern Min Chinese: 神話 /神话 (sìng-uâ) — divine story
• Hakka Chinese: 神話 /神话 (sṳ̀n-fa) — divine story
• Chinese: 神話 /神话 (zh-min-nan) — divine story
• Chinese Mandarin: 神話 /神话 (shénhuà) — divine story
• Wu Chinese: 神話 /神话 (6zen-gho) — divine story
• Czech: mýtus — divine story
• Danish: myte — divine story
• Dutch: mythe — divine story
• Erzya: пазъёвкс (pazjovks) — divine story
• Esperanto: mito — divine story
• Estonian: müüt — divine story
• Faroese: frumsøgn — divine story
• Faroese: gudasøgn — divine story
• Faroese: myta — divine story
• Faroese: mýta — divine story
• Finnish: myytti — divine story
• Finnish: jumalaistaru — divine story
• French: mythe — divine story
• Galician: mito — divine story
• Georgian: თქმულება (tkmuleba) — divine story
• Georgian: მითი (miti) — divine story
• Georgian: ლეგენდა (legenda) — divine story
• German: Mythos — divine story
• German: Sage — divine story
• Greek: μύθος (mýthos) — divine story
• Ancient Greek: μῦθος (mûthos) — divine story
• Hebrew: מִיתוֹס (mítos) — divine story
• Hindi: मिथक (mithak) — divine story
• Hungarian: rege — divine story
• Hungarian: hitrege — divine story
• Hungarian: mítosz — divine story
• Icelandic: saga — divine story
• Icelandic: uppspuni — divine story
• Ido: mito — divine story
• Indonesian: mitos — divine story
• Irish: miotas — divine story
• Italian: mito — divine story
• Japanese: 神話 (shinwa) — divine story
• Kazakh: аңыз (añyz) — divine story
• Kazakh: миф (mif) — divine story
• Khmer: ទេវកថា (teivĕəʼ kaʼthaa) — divine story
• Korean: 신화 (sinhwa) — divine story
• Northern Kurdish: efsane — divine story
• Northern Kurdish: mît — divine story
• Kyrgyz: уламыш (ulamış) — divine story
• Kyrgyz: миф (mif) — divine story
• Lao: ຕໍານານ (tam nān) — divine story
• Lao: ນິທານ (ni thān) — divine story
• Latin: mȳthos — divine story
• Latvian: mīts — divine story
• Lithuanian: mitas — divine story
• Macedonian: мит (mit) — divine story
• Malay: mitos — divine story
• Māori: pūrākau — divine story
• Central Sierra Miwok: ˀútne- — divine story
• Mongolian: домог (domog) — divine story
• Norwegian Bokmål: myte — divine story
• Norwegian Nynorsk: myte — divine story
• Church Slavic: мѷѳъ (müθŭ) — divine story
• Pashto: اسطوره (asturá) — divine story
• Pashto: افسانه (afsāná) — divine story
• Iranian Persian: اُسْطورِه (osture) — divine story
• Iranian Persian: اَفْسانِه (afsâne) — divine story
• Iranian Persian: رِوایَت (revâyat) — divine story
• Polish: mit — divine story
• Portuguese: mito — divine story
• Romanian: mit — divine story
• Romanian: legendă — divine story
• Russian: миф (mif) — divine story
• Scottish Gaelic: fionnsgeul — divine story
• Serbo-Croatian: ми̑т — divine story
• Serbo-Croatian: mȋt — divine story
• Slovak: mýtus — divine story
• Slovene: mit — divine story
• Sotho: tshomo — divine story
• Southern Altai: миф (mif) — divine story
• Spanish: mito — divine story
• Swedish: myt — divine story
• Tajik: афсона (afsona) — divine story
• Tajik: ривоят (rivoyat) — divine story
• Tajik: устура (ustura) — divine story
• Tamil: தொன்மம் (toṉmam) — divine story
• Telugu: పురాణము (purāṇamu) — divine story
• Thai: ตํานาน (dtam-naan) — divine story
• Thai: นิทาน (ní-taan) — divine story
• Turkish: mit — divine story
• Turkish: söylence — divine story
• Turkish: efsane — divine story
• Turkish: tansık — divine story
• Ottoman Turkish: اساطیر (esātir) — divine story
• Ottoman Turkish: داستان (dastan, destan) — divine story
• Ottoman Turkish: اسطوره (ustura) — divine story
• Turkmen: mif — divine story
• Turkmen: rowaýat — divine story
• Ukrainian: міф (mif) — divine story
• Ukrainian: міт (mit) — divine story
• Urdu: اُسْطُورَہ (ustūra) — divine story
• Urdu: اَفْسانَہ (afsāna) — divine story
• Urdu: داسْتان (dāstān) — divine story
• Uyghur: ئەپسانە (epsane) — divine story
• Uyghur: رىۋايەت (riwayet) — divine story
• Uzbek: afsona — divine story
• Uzbek: mif — divine story
• Vietnamese: thần thoại — divine story
• Welsh: chwedl — divine story
• Welsh: myth — divine story
• Yiddish: מיטאָס (mitos) — divine story
• Bulgarian: митоло́гия (mitológija) — such stories as genre
• Finnish: jumalaistarusto — such stories as genre
• Galician: mito — such stories as genre
• Russian: мифоло́гия (mifológija) — such stories as genre
• Afrikaans: mite — commonly-held but false belief
• Arabic: خُرَافَة (ḵurāfa) — commonly-held but false belief
• Armenian: միֆ (mif) — commonly-held but false belief
• Chinese Mandarin: 迷思 (mísī) — commonly-held but false belief
• Dutch: mythe — commonly-held but false belief
• Esperanto: mito — commonly-held but false belief
• Finnish: myytti — commonly-held but false belief
• Finnish: uskomus — commonly-held but false belief
• Galician: mito — commonly-held but false belief
• Georgian: მითი (miti) — commonly-held but false belief
• German: Mythos — commonly-held but false belief
• Greek: μύθος (mýthos) — commonly-held but false belief
• Hebrew: מִיתוֹס (mítos) — commonly-held but false belief
• Hungarian: mítosz — commonly-held but false belief
• Icelandic: skröksaga — commonly-held but false belief
• Italian: mito — commonly-held but false belief
• Japanese: 迷信 (meishin) — commonly-held but false belief
• Latin: mythos — commonly-held but false belief
• Latin: fabula — commonly-held but false belief
• Latvian: mīts — commonly-held but false belief
• Lithuanian: mitas — commonly-held but false belief
• Norwegian Bokmål: myte — commonly-held but false belief
• Norwegian Nynorsk: myte — commonly-held but false belief
• Iranian Persian: خُرافات (xorâfât) — commonly-held but false belief
• Polish: mit — commonly-held but false belief
• Portuguese: mito — commonly-held but false belief
• Russian: миф (mif) — commonly-held but false belief
• Russian: пове́рье (povérʹje) — commonly-held but false belief
• Russian: леге́нда (legénda) — commonly-held but false belief
• Serbo-Croatian: ми̑т — commonly-held but false belief
• Serbo-Croatian: mȋt — commonly-held but false belief
• Swedish: myt — commonly-held but false belief
• Ukrainian: міф (mif) — commonly-held but false belief
• Ukrainian: пові́р'я (povírʺja) — commonly-held but false belief
• Ukrainian: леге́нда (lehénda) — commonly-held but false belief
• Urdu: خُرافات (xurāfāt) — commonly-held but false belief
• Finnish: myytti — person or thing held in excessive awe or admiration
• Galician: mito — person or thing held in excessive awe or admiration
• Bulgarian: изми́слица (izmíslica) — person or thing existing only in imagination
• Finnish: myytti — person or thing existing only in imagination
• Galician: mito — person or thing existing only in imagination