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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

mythical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪθɪkəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • mĭth'ĭkəl

Etymology

From Latin mȳthicus + -al; by surface analysis, myth + -ical.

Meanings

  1. Existing in myth.
    • The city was compared to a mythical paradise.
    • mythical creature
    • He told a story about a mythical dragon.
    • mythical figure
    • mythical hero
  2. (broadly) Not real; false or fabricated.
  3. Very rare.

Forms

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most mythical Degree=Sup lexicographic
more mythical Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

mythicality · mythicalness · premythical · pseudomythical · psychomythical · nonmythical · geomythical · mythically · postmythical · antimythical · monomythical · semimythical · unmythical

Relateds

mythological

Synonyms

legendary · mythic

Translations (36)

la mythicus (existing in myth) · la fabularis (existing in myth) · ca mític (existing in myth) · it mitico (existing in myth) · eo mita (existing in myth) · be міты́чны (existing in myth) · it leggendario (existing in myth) · it favoloso (existing in myth) · sv mytisk (existing in myth) · fi myyttinen (existing in myth) · sl mitski (existing in myth) · el μυθικός (existing in myth) · ka მითიური (existing in myth) · cs bájný (existing in myth) · pl mityczny (existing in myth) · hy դիցաբանական (existing in myth) · bg мити́чески (existing in myth) · ko 신화적 (existing in myth) · uk міфі́чний (existing in myth) · nb mytisk (existing in myth) · fr mythique (existing in myth) · ja 神話の (existing in myth) · nn mytisk (existing in myth) · uk міти́чний (existing in myth) · nl mythisch (existing in myth) · sl mitološki (existing in myth) · cs mytický (existing in myth) · be міфі́чны (existing in myth) · grc μυθικός (existing in myth) · sh mȋtskī (existing in myth) · de mythisch (existing in myth) · es mítico (existing in myth) · pt mítico (existing in myth) · gl mítico (existing in myth) · ru мифи́ческий (existing in myth) · hy առասպելական (existing in myth)