amulette

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English

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Noun

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amulette (plural amulettes)

  1. Obsolete form of amulet.
    • 1907, Lewis Richard Farnell, The Cults of the Greek States, volume III, page 227:
      In the child’s tomb mentioned above, where we find two pairs of images of the same type, we may with conviction name them Demeter and Kore, reduplicated to increase the potency of the amulette []

French

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amulette

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.my.lɛt/
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Noun

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amulette f (plural amulettes)

  1. amulet (object intended to bring protection to its owner)
    Synonyms: gri-gri, porte-bonheur

Descendants

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  • Dutch: amulet
    • Afrikaans: amulet
    • Indonesian: amulet

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