legende

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See also: Legende, légende, and légendé

English

Noun

legende (plural legendes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of legend.

Anagrams

Danish

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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
Declension of legende
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative legende legenden legender legenderne
genitive legendes legendens legenders legendernes

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/
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  • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈd͡ʒɛn.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnde
  • Hyphenation: le‧gèn‧de

Noun

legende f pl

  1. plural of legenda

Latin

Participle

legende

  1. vocative masculine singular of legendus

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛˈd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /lɛːˈd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /ˈlɛːd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /-and(ə)/, /-ɛnt/

Noun

legende (plural legendes)

  1. A hagiography (biography of a saint)
  2. A compendium of hagiographies
  3. A historical narrative (usually about an individual)

Descendants

  • English: legend
  • Scots: leegend

References

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin legenda.

Noun

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

  1. a legend
    en levende legende ― a living legend

Etymology 2

Verb

legende

  1. present participle of lege

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Wikipedia nn

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin legenda.

Noun

legende oblique singular, 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. inflection of legendar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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