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Webster 1913 Edition


Hamlet

Ham′let

(hăm′lĕt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
hamelet
, OF.
hamelet
, dim. of
hamel
, F.
hameau
, LL.
hamellum
, a dim. of German origin; cf. G.
heim
home. √220. See
Home
.]
A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
Syn. – Village; neighborhood. See
Village
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hamlet

HAM'LET

,
Noun.
A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
This word seems originally to have signified the seat of a freeholder, comprehending the mansion house and adjacent buildings. It now denotes a small collection of houses in the country, in distinction from a city, a large town or township.
The country wasted and the hamlets burned.

Definition 2024


Hamlet

Hamlet

See also: hamlet and HAMLET

English

Proper noun

Hamlet

  1. The eponymous main character of Shakespeare's play.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Hamlet.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈhɐm.let͡ʃ/, /ˈhɛm.let/

Proper noun

Hamlet m

  1. Hamlet (the main character of the play Hamlet)

Spanish

Proper noun

Hamlet m

  1. Hamlet (the main character of the play Hamlet)

hamlet

hamlet

See also: Hamlet and HAMLET

English

Noun

hamlet (plural hamlets)

  1. A small village or a group of houses.
  2. (Britain) A village that does not have its own church.
  3. Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.

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Norwegian

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Etymology

Made up of ham (skin) and let (colour).

Noun

hamlet m

  1. The skin colour
Han var mørk i hamleten.
His skin colour was dark.

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