hamlet
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English hamlet, hamelet, a borrowing from Old French hamelet, diminutive of Old French hamel, in turn diminutive of Old French ham, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *haim, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (whence English home). Equivalent to Middle English ham (“home, village”) + -let (“small”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhæm.lɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhæm.lət/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Homophone: Hamlet
Noun
edithamlet (plural hamlets)
- A small village or a group of houses.
- Synonym: thorp
- (British) A village that does not have its own church.
- Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.
Hypernyms
edit- (small village): settlement
Derived terms
editTranslations
editsmall village
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village without its own church
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fish
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editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom ham (“skin”) + let (“colour”).
Noun
edithamlet m (definite singular hamleten, indefinite plural hamleter, definite plural hamletene)
- skin colour, complexion
- Synonym: hudfarge
- Han var mørk i hamleten. ― His skin colour was dark.
Further reading
edit- “hamlet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ham (“skin”) + let (“colour”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithamlet m (definite singular hamleten, indefinite plural hamleter or hamletar, definite plural hamletene or hamletane)
Further reading
edit- “hamlet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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