transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈle-jənd ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English legende, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin, feminine of legendus, gerundive of legere to gather, select, read; akin to Greek legein to gather, say, logos speech, word, reason
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : a story coming down from the past ; especially : one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable
b. : a body of such stories
a place in the legend of the frontier
c. : a popular myth of recent origin
d. : a person or thing that inspires legends
e. : the subject of a legend
its violence was legend even in its own time — William Broyles Jr.
2.
a. : an inscription or title on an object (as a coin)
b. : caption 2b
c. : an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart