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

.

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.

Hamlet

See also: hamlet and HAMLET

English

Proper noun

Hamlet

The eponymous main character of Shakespeare's play.

Translations

the main character of the play Hamlet

Arabic: هَامْلِت m ‎(hāmlit)
Armenian: Համլետ ‎(Hamlet)
Belarusian: Гамлет m ‎(Hámlet)
Bulgarian: Хамлет m ‎(Hámlet)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哈姆雷特 (zh) ‎(Hāmǔléitè), 哈姆萊特, 哈姆莱特 ‎(Hāmǔláitè)
Danish: Hamlet m
Dutch: Hamlet m
Finnish: Hamlet
French: Hamlet (fr) m
Georgian: ჰამლეტი ‎(hamleṭi)
German: Hamlet m
Greek: Άμλετ m ‎(Ámlet)
Hebrew: המלט m
Hindi: हम्लेट m ‎(hamleṭ)
Hungarian: Hamlet
Icelandic: Hamlet m

Italian: Amleto m
Japanese: ハムレット ‎(Hamuretto)
Korean: 햄릿 ‎(Haemnit)
Latvian: Hamlets m
Lithuanian: Hamletas m
Macedonian: Хамлет m ‎(Hámlet)
Marathi: हॅम्लेट m ‎(hǎmleṭa)
Mongolian: Гамлет ‎(Gamlet)
Persian: هملت ‎(Hamlet)
Portuguese: Hamlet m
Russian: Га́млет (ru) m ‎(Gámlet)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Хамлет m

Roman: Hamlet (sh) m
Spanish: Hamlet m
Thai: แฮมเลต ‎(haem-lâyt)
Ukrainian: Гамлет m ‎(Hámlet)

Related terms

Anagrams

Thelma

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Hamlet.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Hamlet m

Hamlet (the main character of the play Hamlet)

Spanish

Proper noun

Hamlet m

Hamlet (the main character of the play Hamlet)

hamlet

See also: Hamlet and HAMLET

English

Noun

hamlet ‎(plural hamlets)

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

Translations

small village

Armenian: շեն (hy) ‎(šen), գյուղակ (hy) ‎(gyułak)
Basque: herrixka
Bulgarian: селце n ‎(selce)
Catalan: poblet m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 村莊 (zh), 村庄 (zh) ‎(cūnzhuāng), 小村 ‎(xiǎocūn)
Czech: osada (cs) f, víska (cs) f, dědinka f, kolonie f
Danish: landsby (da)
Dutch: (boeren)gat n, gehucht (nl) n, negorij (nl), uithoek
Esperanto: vilaĝeto
Estonian: küla (et)
Faroese: bygd f, smábygd f
Finnish: pikkukylä (fi), kyläpahanen (fi), taloryhmä
French: hameau (fr) m
Georgian: სოფელი ‎(sopeli)
German: Weiler (de) m, Dorf (de) n, (pejorative) Kaff (de) n
Alemannic German: Wihr
Greek: χωριουδάκι (el) n ‎(chorioudáki)
Hebrew: כפרון m ‎(kfarón)
Hungarian: falucska (hu)
Ido: vilajeto
Irish: gráig f
Italian: casale (it) m, borgata (it) f, frazione (it) f, borgo (it) m
Japanese: (a small village) 村落 ‎(sonraku); (a group of houses) 集落 (ja) ‎(shūraku)

Khmer: កូនភូមិ ‎(koon pʰuumi’)
Latin: vīcus (la) m, vīculus m,
Latvian: sādža (lv) f, ciems (lv) m
Macedonian: заселок m ‎(zaselok), селце n ‎(selce)
Malayalam:
Manx: balley beg m
Norwegian: landsby (no), grend (no)
Occitan: masatge (oc)
Persian: دهکده (fa) ‎(dehkade)
Polish: przysiółek (pl) m, sioło (pl) n
Portuguese: aldeia (pt) f
Russian: дереву́шка (ru) f ‎(derevúška), ху́тор (ru) m ‎(xútor), сельцо́ (ru) n ‎(selʹcó)
Serbo-Croatian: zaseok m, naselje (sh) n, seoce (sh) n, zaselak (sh) m
Slovene: vasica f, zaselek m
Spanish: aldehuela f, caserío (es) m, aldea (es) f
Swedish: by (sv) c
Tamil:
Telugu: పల్లెటూరు (te) ‎(palleṭūru)
Turkish: mezra (tr)
Vietnamese: xóm (vi)
Welsh: pentref bach m
Yiddish: דערפֿל n ‎(derfl)

village without its own church

Chinese:
Mandarin: 部落無教會的小村莊, 部落无教会的小村庄 ‎(bùluò wú jiāohuì de xiǎo cūnzhuāng)
Czech: vesnička (cs) f, dědina (cs) f
Estonian: küla (et)
Finnish: kylä (fi) (as opp. to kirkonkylä (fi))
French: hameau (fr) m
Georgian: სოფელი ‎(sopeli)

Irish: gráig f
Japanese: (used to describe such European villages) 小村 (ja) ‎(こむら, komura)
Russian: ху́тор (ru) m ‎(xútor)
Swedish: by (sv) c
Telugu: పల్లె (te) ‎(palle)

fish

Finnish: Hypoplectrus
German: Hamletbarsche
Japanese: ハムレット ‎(hamuretto)

Lithuanian: vakos
Swedish: hypoplectrus

Anagrams

Thelma

Norwegian

Alternative forms

hamlett (Norwegian Nynorsk only)

Etymology

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

Noun

hamlet m

The skin colour

Han var mørk i hamleten.

His skin colour was dark.

Synonyms

hudfarge

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