legende

See also: Legende, légende, and légendé

English

Noun

legende (plural legendes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of legend

Anagrams


Danish

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin legenda

Noun

legende c (singular definite legenden, plural indefinite legender)

  1. a legend
    en levende legende - a living legend
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the verb at lege.

Verb

legende

  1. present participle of at lege

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch legende, from Middle French legende, from Old French legende, from Latin legenda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌləˈɣɛn.də/, /ˌleːˈɣɛn.də/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: le‧gen‧de

Noun

legende f (plural legenden or legendes, diminutive legendetje n)

  1. legend (fictional story based on oral tradition, possibly with a kernel of truth)

Derived terms


Italian

Noun

legende f pl

  1. plural of legenda

Latin

Participle

legende

  1. vocative masculine singular of legendus

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛˈdʒɛnd/, /ˈlɛdʒənd/

Noun

legende (plural legendes)

  1. A hagiography, especially when read in church (a biography of a saint)
  2. A compendium of hagiographies (a biography of a saint)
  3. A tale or narrative focusing on a single individual; a biography.
  4. Any tale or narrative, especially one of a historical background.

Descendants

  • English: legend
  • Scots: leegend

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin legenda

Noun

legende m (definite singular legenden, indefinite plural legender, definite plural legendene)

  1. a legend
    en levende legendea living legend

Etymology 2

Verb

legende

  1. present participle of lege

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin legenda

Noun

legende f (definite singular legenda, indefinite plural legender, definite plural legendene)

  1. a legend
    ei levande legende - a living legend

References


Novial

Noun

legende c (plural legendes)

  1. legend

Old French

Noun

legende f (oblique plural legendes, nominative singular legende, nominative plural legendes)

  1. legend (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events; in particular an account the life of a saint)

Descendants

References


Portuguese

Verb

legende

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of legendar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of legendar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of legendar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of legendar
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