Myth in Different Languages
Discover 'Myth' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Myth
Afrikaans mite | ||
Albanian mit | ||
Amharic አፈ ታሪክ | ||
Arabic أسطورة | ||
Armenian առասպել | ||
Assamese কল্পিত কথা | ||
Aymara mitu | ||
Azerbaijani mif | ||
Bambara bisigiyako | ||
Basque mitoa | ||
Belarusian міф | ||
Bengali শ্রুতি | ||
Bhojpuri मिथक | ||
Bosnian mit | ||
Bulgarian мит | ||
Catalan mite | ||
Cebuano mitolohiya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 神话 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 神話 | ||
Corsican mitu | ||
Croatian mit | ||
Czech mýtus | ||
Danish myte | ||
Dhivehi ތެދު ކަމަށް ޤަބޫލުކުރެވިފައި ހުންނަ ދޮގު | ||
Dogri ढिच्चर | ||
Dutch mythe | ||
English myth | ||
Esperanto mito | ||
Estonian müüt | ||
Ewe amlima | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mito | ||
Finnish myytti | ||
French mythe | ||
Frisian myte | ||
Galician mito | ||
Georgian მითი | ||
German mythos | ||
Greek μύθος | ||
Guarani mombe'ugua'u | ||
Gujarati દંતકથા | ||
Haitian Creole mit | ||
Hausa tatsuniya | ||
Hawaiian kaʻao | ||
Hebrew מִיתוֹס | ||
Hindi कल्पित कथा | ||
Hmong tswvyim hais ua dabneeg | ||
Hungarian mítosz | ||
Icelandic goðsögn | ||
Igbo akụkọ ifo | ||
Ilocano mito | ||
Indonesian mitos | ||
Irish miotas | ||
Italian mito | ||
Japanese 神話 | ||
Javanese mitos | ||
Kannada ಪುರಾಣ | ||
Kazakh миф | ||
Khmer ទេវកថា | ||
Kinyarwanda umugani | ||
Konkani दंतकथा | ||
Korean 신화 | ||
Krio lay lay stori | ||
Kurdish çîrok | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەفسانە | ||
Kyrgyz миф | ||
Lao ຄວາມລຶກລັບ | ||
Latin fabula | ||
Latvian mīts | ||
Lingala lisolo ya lokuta | ||
Lithuanian mitas | ||
Luganda eky'obulombolombo | ||
Luxembourgish mythos | ||
Macedonian мит | ||
Maithili कल्पित कथा | ||
Malagasy hevi-diso | ||
Malay mitos | ||
Malayalam കെട്ടുകഥ | ||
Maltese ħrafa | ||
Maori pakiwaitara | ||
Marathi दंतकथा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯥꯖꯅꯗꯨꯅ ꯂꯥꯛꯂꯕ ꯋꯥꯔꯤ | ||
Mizo thawnthu | ||
Mongolian домог | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဒဏ္myာရီ | ||
Nepali मिथक | ||
Norwegian myte | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nthano | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପୁରାଣ | ||
Oromo yaada sobaa nama hedduu biratti fudhatama qabu | ||
Pashto خرافات | ||
Persian اسطوره | ||
Polish mit | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) mito | ||
Punjabi ਮਿੱਥ | ||
Quechua ñawpa rimay | ||
Romanian mit | ||
Russian миф | ||
Samoan talafatu | ||
Sanskrit मिथकः | ||
Scots Gaelic uirsgeul | ||
Sepedi nonwane | ||
Serbian мит | ||
Sesotho tšōmo | ||
Shona ngano | ||
Sindhi خرافات | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මිථ්යාව | ||
Slovak mýtus | ||
Slovenian mit | ||
Somali khuraafaad | ||
Spanish mito | ||
Sundanese mitos | ||
Swahili hadithi | ||
Swedish myt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mitolohiya | ||
Tajik афсона | ||
Tamil கட்டுக்கதை | ||
Tatar миф | ||
Telugu పురాణం | ||
Thai ตำนาน | ||
Tigrinya ፅውፅዋይ | ||
Tsonga xiehleketiwa | ||
Turkish efsane | ||
Turkmen mif | ||
Twi (Akan) ahuntasɛm | ||
Ukrainian міф | ||
Urdu متک | ||
Uyghur رىۋايەت | ||
Uzbek afsona | ||
Vietnamese huyền thoại | ||
Welsh myth | ||
Xhosa intsomi | ||
Yiddish מיטאָס | ||
Yoruba adaparọ | ||
Zulu inganekwane |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "mite" is an archaic term, now usually spelled "miete" for "measure", but it can also carry the meaning of "small amount". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "mit" is also used to refer to "thought", "concept", or "belief." |
| Amharic | The word አፈ ታሪክ (āfe tārik) literally means 'mouth of history' and can also refer to 'legend' or 'tradition'. |
| Arabic | The word “أسطورة” is derived from the Greek word “mythos,” which can refer to a story, a narrative, or a false belief. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word առասպել (araspel) is derived from the Greek word "mythos," meaning "story" or "speech," and originally referred to traditional narratives about gods and heroes. |
| Azerbaijani | The word |
| Basque | "Mitoa" in Basque also means "fiction" or "made-up story." |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word “міф” also means “fairy tale”. |
| Bengali | "শ্রুতি" can also mean "sound" or "revelation" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | Imenica 'mit' u bosanskom jeziku može značiti i 'savjetnik' ili 'poslanik', što je također blisko povezano sa njenim značenjem 'mit'. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "мит" can also mean "tax" or "customary practice or belief." |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "mite" also means "mite" in English, referring to a tiny arachnid |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "mitolohiya" can also refer to a collection of stories about a particular subject, not just myths. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 神话 (神话) in Chinese not only means "myth" but also can refer to a system of beliefs or a story that is popularly held to be true or factual. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 神話 (shén huà) literally means "divine alteration" and can also refer to supernatural beings or events. |
| Corsican | The phrase "in faccia a mitù" means "to someone's face" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "mit" can also mean "bribe" or "opinion". |
| Czech | The word "mýtus" can also mean "folklore" or "legend" in Czech. |
| Danish | The Danish word "myte" is derived from the Old Norse word "mythr", meaning "story" or "tale". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, 'mythe' can also mean 'mist' or 'fog'. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "mito" comes from the Greek word "mythos", which means "story" or "tale". |
| Estonian | The word "müüt" in Estonian derives from the same Proto-Germanic root as the English word "mete," originally referring to a meeting or council. |
| Finnish | Myytti is derived from the Ancient Greek word μῦθος (muthos), meaning "word, speech, or account". |
| French | In French, "mythe" originates from the Latin "mythos", meaning "story, narrative, account"} |
| Frisian | The root of the word "myte" in Frisian is closely related to the Old Norse word "myth" and the Old English word "myth", but it is specifically used to refer to traditional stories or legends that are passed down through generations orally. |
| Galician | Galician "mito" derives from Latin "mythos", referring to fables and legends, but also to the word "miedo" (fear). |
| Georgian | The word "მითი" (myth) can also refer to a story that serves as a parable or lesson. |
| German | The German word "Mythos" also refers to "narratives" or "accounts", encompassing both fictional and non-fictional stories. |
| Greek | The Greek term "μύθος" not only denotes 'myth,' but also implies a 'word,' 'speech,' or 'narrative.' |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "દંતકથા" (mythology) is derived from the Sanskrit words "danda" (a wooden stick used for punishment) and "katha" (story). In ancient times, myths were often narrated in the form of stories to convey lessons and moral teachings, and these stories were often recorded on wooden sticks or strips.} |
| Haitian Creole | Mit is derived from the French word 'mythe', meaning 'falsehood' or 'tale'. |
| Hausa | The word 'tatsuniya' can also refer to a fable or folktale in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, ``kaʻao`` means 'myth' or 'fable', but it also means 'a lie' or 'a story that is not true'. |
| Hebrew | המילה מִיתוֹס משמשת גם להתייחסות לחוויה קדושה או סיפור מסורתי בעם היהודי. |
| Hindi | The word 'कल्पित कथा' comes from the Sanskrit words 'कल्प' (kalpa) meaning 'fancy' or 'imagination', and 'कथा' (katha) meaning 'story' or 'tale'. |
| Hmong | Tswvyim hais ua dabneeg is a Hmong word that refers to a traditional form of storytelling, often involving folktales, legends, and historical events. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "mítosz" is an older spelling of the word "mítosz" |
| Icelandic | The word goðsögn derives from the Old Norse "godh", meaning "god" or "divine", and "saga", meaning "story" or "legend". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'akụkọ ifo' literally means 'old stories', suggesting a connection between myths and oral tradition. |
| Indonesian | The word "mitos" in Indonesian can also mean "legend" or "folklore". |
| Irish | The word 'miotas' in Irish can also mean 'tale' or 'story'. |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "mito" can also refer to a "legend" or a "fable". |
| Japanese | The word '神話' in Japanese can also mean a story that is believed to be true but is not based on fact, or a story that is told as if it were true but is not. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "mitos" has an alternate meaning of "mystery" or "secret." |
| Kannada | The word "ಪುರಾಣ" (myth) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "पुराण" (purana), which means "ancient lore" or "sacred text." |
| Kazakh | The word |
| Khmer | The word "ទេវកថា" (myth) is also used to refer to a "fictional story" or an "extravagant claim" in Khmer. |
| Korean | In archaic Korean, "신화" (myth) originally referred to the "divine story" of the founding of a country, clan, or tribe. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "çîrok" also means "story" or "tale". |
| Kyrgyz | Миф также может означать «сказка» или «легенда» на кыргызском языке. |
| Latin | The Latin word "fabula" also means "conversation" or "play". |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "mīts" is derived from "mīties," meaning "to err" or "to go astray," further linking it to the concept of error in Greek mythology. |
| Lithuanian | The word "mitas" in Lithuanian also refers to a unit of time equivalent to a "moment" or "instant." |
| Macedonian | The word "мит" in Macedonian shares the same Indo-European root as the English word "myth". In fact, it can also mean "legend" or "folklore" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | Hevi-diso was derived from the Sanskrit word for 'heaven.' |
| Malay | The Malay word "mitos" can also refer to "legends" or "folk tales", and is derived from the Greek "mythos" meaning "word" or "story". |
| Malayalam | The term 'കെട്ടുകഥ' is also used in Malayalam to refer to 'rumors' or 'made-up stories'. |
| Maori | This word can also indicate an error, fault or deception, which may or may not be believed. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "दंतकथा" is derived from Sanskrit (literally, "tooth" and "talk") and refers to stories passed down through oral tradition. |
| Mongolian | The word "домог" (myth) in Mongolian also refers to a type of folk tale or legend. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In addition to the primary meaning "myth", the term "ဒဏ္myာရီ" can also refer to a form of Burmese dance or a type of traditional Burmese puppetry. |
| Nepali | The word "मिथक" is also used to refer to traditional stories or epics in Nepali, similar to the English "folklore". |
| Norwegian | The word "myte" derives from Old Norse "myth" and Swedish "myt", denoting a false account or fable. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "nthano" can also mean "tale" or "story." |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word "khurafat" can also refer to "superstition" or "folklore". |
| Persian | The word "اسطوره" can also refer to a "legend" or a "fable" in Persian. |
| Polish | "Mit" comes from Greek "mythos", meaning "speech, story." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | O termo "mito" também pode ser usado para se referir a uma história ou lenda popular que explica a origem de algo. |
| Punjabi | "ਮਿੱਥ" is a Punjabi word that can also refer to a fable or legend. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "mit" can also mean "pact" or "covenant", likely due to its Latin roots in "mittere", meaning "to send" or "to release". |
| Russian | The Russian word "миф" (myth) can also refer to a popular story, legend, or fairy tale. |
| Samoan | In addition, the word talafatu can also refer to a legend passed down through generations, a fable, or a fairy tale. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "uirsgeul" also means "water-story" or "flood-story" in Scots Gaelic, evoking the primordial waters from which many myths originate. |
| Serbian | The word "мит" in Serbian can also mean "custom" or "duty", reflecting its Indo-European root *mēt-. |
| Shona | The word "ngano" can also mean "folklore" or "tradition", and is derived from the Proto-Bantu root "-gona", meaning "to tell a story". |
| Sindhi | "خرافات" is a word of Arabic origin which entered into Sindhi, as a loanword, during the Muslim conquest of Sindh in the 7th century. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "mithyAwa" also refers to an act, thought or speech based on an erroneous premise. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "mýtus" not only means "myth", but also "legend" or "tale" |
| Slovenian | Slovene "mit" has a similar etymology to its English counterpart and also means "opinion". |
| Spanish | "Mito" originally meant "narrative" in Greek, and it retains that meaning in Spanish as "cuento". |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, 'Mitos' refers to supernatural beings or creatures in folklore tales, similar to the concept of 'mitos' in Greek. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "hadithi" originally meant "news" or "story," highlighting the fluidity of truth and fiction in oral traditions. |
| Swedish | Although "myt" means "myth" in Swedish, it has a secondary connotation of "rumor" or "folklore." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "mitolohiya" can also refer to a collection of fictional stories or a body of knowledge based on tradition and speculation. |
| Tajik | The word “афсона” (“myth”) in Tajik derives from the Persian word “افسانه”, which means “tale” or “story”. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'கட்டுக்கதை' does not only mean myth, but has other meanings as well, such as fiction or fabrication |
| Telugu | "పురాణం" has a range of meanings from ancient traditional lore to historical epic to mythological tale. |
| Thai | The word "ตำนาน" (tamnan) in Thai also carries the connotation of "history, chronicle". |
| Turkish | Efsane can also mean 'legend' in Turkish, and has a similar root as 'épine' in French. |
| Ukrainian | In Old Church Slavonic, the word "міф" meant "word" or "speech", and in Proto-Indo-European, it could mean "to speak" or "to compose." |
| Urdu | The word "متک" is derived from the Arabic word "متكلم" meaning "theologian", and its alternate meaning in Urdu is "philosopher". |
| Uzbek | The word "afsona" also means "spell" or "incantation" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | Derived from the Chinese term "xuánjué" (玄覺, profound perception), the Vietnamese word "huyền thoại" originally meant "profound and true story" but has shifted in meaning to refer to mythical or legendary tales. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "myth" (myth) derives from the Greek "mythos" (word, tale, story). |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "intsomi" can also refer to a folktale or legend, implying a sense of cultural and historical significance. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word "מיטאָס" also holds the additional meaning of "a person or thing characterized by great size, strength, or importance". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "Adaparọ" can also mean "something incredible", "an extraordinary event", or "a wonderful story" |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "inganekwane" can also refer to a legendary or fictional story or event. |
| English | The word "myth" derives from the Greek word "mythos," meaning "speech" or "story. |