легенда

Borrowed from Russian леге́нда (legénda), ultimately from Latin legendus.

• IPA^(key): [lɛˈɡɛndɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ɛndɐ
• Syllabification^(key): ле‧ген‧да

леге́нда • (legénda) f (relational adjective легенда́рен)

1. legend
2. (cartography) legend (key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.)
3. legend (instrumental piece of lyrical character, similar to a ballad)
4. (numismatics) legend

• “легенда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “легенда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• легенда on the Bulgarian Wiktionary.Wiktionary ^bg

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• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɡɛnda] (stilted)

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• IPA^(key): [lɛˈɡɛnda] (nonstandard, common)

легенда • (legenda) f (relational adjective легендарен)

1. legend
2. (figurative) a fascinating person

Borrowed from Latin legenda, akin to legendus, future passive participle (gerundive) of legō (“pick out, select”).

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈɡʲendə]

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леге́нда • (legénda) f inan (genitive леге́нды, nominative plural леге́нды, genitive plural леге́нд)

1. legend
2. (espionage) cover, cover story

• легенди́ровать impf (legendírovatʹ), залегенди́ровать pf (zalegendírovatʹ)

• легенда́рный (legendárnyj)

• → Bulgarian: легенда (legenda)
• → Ingrian: legenda

Other terms derived from Latin gerundives:

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “легенда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “легенда”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

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• IPA^(key): /lěɡeːnda/
• Hyphenation: ле‧ген‧да

лѐге̄нда f (Latin spelling lègēnda)

1. legend (story, person)

Derived via Western European languages from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin legō.

• IPA^(key): [ɫeˈɦɛndɐ]

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леге́нда • (lehénda) f inan (genitive леге́нди, nominative plural леге́нди, genitive plural леге́нд)

1. legend (unrealistic story depicting past events)
2. (espionage) cover, cover story
3. legend (key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.)
4. (numismatics) legend

• міська́ леге́нда f (misʹká lehénda, “urban legend”)

• легенда́рний (lehendárnyj)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “легенда”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “легенда”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “легенда”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “легенда”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “легенда”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “легенда”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “легенда”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]