hamlet
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle French hamelet, diminutive of Old French ham (Modern French hameau) of Germanic origin. Cognates include home, Dutch heem, German Heim, Old English hām. (English usage before the 12th century)
[edit] Noun
hamlet (plural hamlets)
- A small village or a group of houses.
- (UK) A village that does not have its own church.
- Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.
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small village
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village without its own church
fish
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[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Alternative forms
- hamlett (Norwegian Nynorsk only)
[edit] Etymology
Made up of ham (skin) and let (colour).
[edit] Noun
hamlet m.
- The skin colour
- Han var mørk i hamleten.
- His skin colour was dark.