hamlet

See also Hamlet

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From 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)

Noun

hamlet (plural hamlets)

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

Translations

small village

• Armenian: շեն (hy) (šen), գյուղակ (hy) (gyuġak)
• Basque: herrixka (eu)
• Catalan: poblet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 村莊 (cmn), 村庄 (cmn) (cūnzhuāng), 小村 (cmn) (xiǎocūn)

• Czech: osada (cs) f, víska (cs) f, dědinka (cs) f, kolonie (cs) f
• Danish: landsby (da)
• Dutch: (boeren)gat n, gehucht (nl) n, negorij (nl), uithoek (nl)
• Esperanto: vilaĝeto (eo)
• Estonian: küla (et)
• Finnish: pikkukylä (fi), kyläpahanen (fi), taloryhmä (fi)
• French: hameau (fr) m
• Georgian: სოფელი (ka) (sop'eli)
• German: Weiler (de) m, Dorf (de) n, (pejorative) Kaff (de) n
• Greek: χωριουδάκι (el) (chorioudáki) n
• Hungarian: falucska (hu)
• Irish: gráig (ga) f
• Italian: casale (it) m, borgata (it) f
• Japanese: (a small village) 村落 (ja) (sonraku); (a group of houses) 集落 (ja) (shūraku)

• Khmer: កូនភូមិ (km)
• Latin: vīcus (la) m, vīculus (la) m,
• Latvian: sādža (lv) f, ciems (lv) m
• Macedonian: селце (mk) (sélce) n
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: balley beg (gv) m
• Norwegian: landsby (no)
• Occitan: masatge (oc)
• Polish: wioska (pl) f, sioło (pl) n
• Portuguese: aldeia (pt) f
• Russian: деревушка (ru) (derevúška) f, хутор (ru) (xútor) m, село (ru) (seló) n
• Serbo-Croatian: zaseok (sh) m, naselje (sh) n, seoce (sh) n, zaselak (sh) m
• Spanish: aldehuela (es) f, caserío (es) m, aldea (es) f
• Swedish: by (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: పల్లెటూరు (te) (palleTooru)
• Turkish: mezra (tr)
• Vietnamese: xóm (vi)
• Welsh: pentref bach m

village without its own church

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 部落無教會的小村莊 (cmn), 部落无教会的小村庄 (cmn) (bùluò wú jiāohuì de xiǎo cūnzhuāng)

• Czech: vesnička (cs) f, dědina (cs) f
• Estonian: küla (et)
• Finnish: kylä (fi) (as opp. to kirkonkylä (fi))

• Georgian: სოფელი (ka) (sop'eli)
• Irish: gráig (ga) f
• Japanese: (used to describe such European villages) 小村 (ja) (こむら, komura)
• Swedish: by (sv) c
• Telugu: పల్లె (te) (palle)

fish

• Finnish: Hypoplectrus
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

• Swedish: please add this translation if you can

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• French: hameau m

• Italian: villaggio m
• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Thelma

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Norwegian

Alternative forms

• hamlett (Norwegian Nynorsk only)

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.

Synonyms

• hudfarge