hamlet

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle French hamelet, diminutive using -let of ham (village), of Germanic origin, cognate with home, Dutch heem, German Heim, Old English hām. (English usage before the 12th century)

[edit] Noun

Singular
hamlet

Plural
hamlets

hamlet (plural hamlets)

  1. A small village or a group of houses.
  2. (British) 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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small village
village without its own church
  • Finnish: kylä fi(fi) (as opp. to kirkonkylä fi(fi))
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fish
  • Finnish: kylä fi(fi)
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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

hamlet m

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

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