goblin

See also GOBLin

English

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈɡɑb.lɪn/ X-SAMPA: /"gAb.lIn/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɒb.lɪn/ X-SAMPA: /"gQb.lIn/

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• homophones: GOBLin

Etymology

From Old Northern French gobelin (compare Normand goubelin, Walloon gobelin), possibly a blend of Old Low Franconian *kobeholdo ("goblin") (compare Dutch kabouter, German Kobold) and Late Latin cobalus ("mountain sprite"), from Ancient Greek κόβαλος (kobalos, “rogue, knave; goblin”).

Noun

goblin (plural goblins)

1. (fantasy) A mythical, humanoid creature, often found in contemporary fantasy.

Translations

mythical humanoid

• Arabic: عفريت (ar) (3ifriit) m
• Basque: iratxo, intxisu
• Breton: korrigan m
• Bulgarian: гоблин (bg) (góblin) m
• Catalan: follet m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哥布林 (cmn) (gēbùlín), 妖怪 (cmn) (yāoguài)

• Czech: šotek (cs) m, skřítek (cs) m
• Danish: nisse; trold
• Dutch: kobold (nl) m
• Estonian: pahared
• Finnish: haltija; peikko; hiisi
• French: gobelin m; lutin m, farfadet (fr) m
• German: Kobold (de) m
• Greek: καλικάτζαρος (el) (kalikátzaros) m, ξωτικό (el) (xotikó) n
• Hungarian: lidérc; kobold
• Icelandic: svartálfur
• Indonesian: hantu (id)
• Irish: puccá
• Italian: folletto (it) m

• Japanese: ゴブリン (ja) (goburin)
• Korean: 도깨비 (ko) (dokkaebi)
• Malay: afrit (ms)
• Maori: taipo (mi)
• Marathi: गॉब्लिन (mr) (gǒblina) m
• Norwegian: nisse (no)
• Ojibwe: wiindigoo
• Portuguese: duende (pt) m
• Romanian: iazmă f
• Russian: гоблин (ru) (góblin) m
• Santali: ᱵᱷᱩᱛ (bhut)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гоблин (sh) m

  Roman: goblin m

• Slovene: škrat (sl) m
• Spanish: duende (es) m; trasgo (es) m
• Swahili: zimwi (sw)
• Tagalog: tianak
• Turkish: küçük şeytan
• Welsh: coblyn
• West Frisian: ierdmantsje n

Anagrams

• Boglin, globin

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

goblin m (Cyrillic spelling гоблин)

1. goblin