Meaning

3 senses
  1. Existing in myth.

    mythical creature

    mythical figure

    mythisch

    мифи́ческийmifíčeskij

    міфі́чнийmifíčnyj, міти́чнийmitýčnyj

  2. (broadly)Not real; false or fabricated.

  3. Very rare.

More definitions
  • based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

Examples

8 sentences
  1. The unicorn is a mythical creature.

    ruЕдинорог — это мифическое существо.

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  2. No one was able to pull out the mythical sword.

    deNiemand konnte das mythische Schwert herausziehen.

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  3. Jebus is the mythical former name of Jerusalem.

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  4. In Algeria, the Djurdjura Mountains are mythical for their beauty.

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  5. In my village, there lived a mythical woman named Tiǧǧist.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
existing in myth:
Русский
By meaning 1
existing in myth:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
existing in myth:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

more mythical, most mythical
Comparativemore mythical Lesson
Superlativemost mythical Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mythical — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto