mythologie
See also: Mythologie
Czech
Alternative forms
- mytologie f
Noun
mythologie f
- mythology (collection and study of myths)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French mythologie, from Middle French mythologie, from Latin mythologia, from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología, “legend”) μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “I tell tales”), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) + λέγω (légō, “I say”). Equivalent to mythe + -logie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmi.toː.loːˈɣi/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: my‧tho‧lo‧gie
Noun
mythologie f (plural mythologieën, diminutive mythologietje n)
- mythology (collection and study of myths)
Derived terms
- mythologisch
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: my‧tho‧lo‧gie
Noun
mythologie f (plural mythologies)
- mythology (myths of a people)
Descendants
- → Turkish: mitoloji
Further reading
- “mythologie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.