Значення

значень: 6
  1. A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.

    a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

  2. (незлічуване)Such stories as a genre.

    Myth was the product of man's emotion and imagination, acted upon by his surroundings. (E. Clodd, Myths & Dreams (1885), 7, cited after OED)

    мифоло́гияmifológija

  3. A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.

    Scientists debunk the myth that gum stays in the human stomach for seven years.

    Mythos

    мифmif, пове́рьеpovérʹje, леге́ндаlegénda

    міфmif, пові́р'яpovírʺja, леге́ндаlehénda

  4. A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend

    Father Flanagan was legendary, his institution an American myth. (Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, 20 September 1979, 5A/3, cited after OED)

  5. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.

  6. An invented story, theory, or concept.

    His story is a pure myth.

    Mythos, Sage

    мифmif

    міфmif, мітmit

Приклади

речень: 69
  1. Every nation has its own myths.

    У кожного народу є свої власні міфи.

    ruУ каждого народа есть свои собственные мифы.

  2. I believe it's a myth.

    Я думаю, що це міф.

    deDas halte ich für ein Gerücht.

  3. I think it's a myth.

    Я думаю, що це міф.

    ruЯ думаю, что это миф.

  4. That's a myth.

    Це міф.

    ruЭто миф.

    deDas ist ein Mythos.

  5. It's a myth.

    Це міф.

    ruЭто миф.

    deDas ist ein Mythos.

Українська
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commonly-held but false belief:
divine story:
Русский
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such stories as genre:
commonly-held but false belief:
Deutsch
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commonly-held but false belief:
divine story:

Походження

From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable

From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable”). Attested in English since 1830. Doublet of mythos.

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