amulet

English

Alternative forms

• amulette (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French amulette, from Latin amuletum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæm.jə.lɪt/

Noun

amulet (plural amulets)

1. A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.

Translations

protective charm

• Arabic: تَمِيمَة‎ f (tamīma), أُخْذَة‎ f (ʾuḵḏa), تَعْوِيذَة‎ f (taʿwīḏa), حِجَاب‎ (ar) m (ḥijāb), حِرْز‎ m (ḥirz), رُقْيَة‎ f (ruqya)
• Armenian: հուռութք (hy) (huṙutʿkʿ), հմայիլ (hmayil)
• Azerbaijani: tumar (az), gözmuncuğu
• Belarusian: амуле́т m (amuljét), талісма́н (talismán)
• Bengali: মাদুলি (maduli), কবচ (bn) (kôbôc)
• Bulgarian: амуле́т (bg) m (amulét), талисма́н (bg) m (talismán)
• Burmese: အဆောင် (my) (a.hcaung), အခံ (my) (a.hkam)
• Catalan: amulet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 護身符 (zh) (hùshēnfú), 護符 (zh) (hùfú), 護身符子 (zh) (hùshēnfúzi), 辟邪物 (bìxiéwù)

• Czech: amulet (cs) m
• Danish: amulet (da) c
• Dutch: amulet (nl)
• Esperanto: amuleto (eo)
• Estonian: amulett (et)
• Finnish: amuletti (fi)
• French: amulette (fr) f
• Galician: dixe m, fetiche m, corniño m, bolerca (gl) f, dómina f, sapo (gl) m, figa (gl) f, amuleto m
• Georgian: თილისმა (ka) (tilisma)
• German: Amulett (de) n
• Greek: φυλαχτό (el) n (fylachtó)

  Ancient: περίαπτον n (períapton), φυλακτήριον n (phulaktḗrion), βασκάνιον n (baskánion)

• Greenlandic: aarnuaq
• Hebrew: קָמֵעַ‎ (he) m (kame'a)
• Hiligaynon: antíng-ánting
• Hindi: तावीज़ m (tāvīz), कवच (hi) m (kavac)
• Hungarian: amulett (hu)
• Indonesian: jimat (id)
• Italian: amuleto (it) m
• Japanese: お守り (ja) (おまもり, o-mamori), 護符 (ごふ, gofu), アミュレット (amyuretto)
• Jingpho: lak hpoi
• Kabuverdianu: fisga
• Kalmyk: мирд (mird)
• Kazakh: тұмар (tumar)
• Khmer: កំណារ (km) (kɑmnaa)

• Korean: 애뮬럿 (aemyulleot), 부적 (ko) (bujeok)
• Kyrgyz: тумар (ky) (tumar)
• Latin: amuletum n
• Latvian: amulets m
• Lithuanian: amuletas m
• Macedonian: талисман m (talisman), амулет m (amulet), амалјија f (amaljija)
• Malay: azimat
• Manchu: ᡴᠠᡵᠮᠠᠨᡳ (karmani)
• Maori: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amulett (no) m

  Nynorsk: amulett m

• Persian: کماهه‎ (komâhe), تعویذ‎ (fa) (ta'viz)
• Polish: amulet (pl) m
• Portuguese: amuleto (pt) m
• Romanian: amuletă (ro) f
• Russian: амуле́т (ru) m (amulét), талисма́н (ru) m (talismán), обере́г (ru) m (oberég)
• Sanskrit: मङ्गल (sa) n (maṅgala)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: амулет m, талисман m

  Roman: amulet (sh) m, talisman (sh) m

• Shan: လၢၵ်ႈၽွႆး (lāak phóay), လၢၵ်ႈၽွႆႉ (lāak phô̰ay)
• Spanish: amuleto (es) m, talismán (es) m
• Swahili: hirizi
• Swedish: amulett (sv) c
• Tagalog: dupil
• Tajik: тӯмор (tümor), таъвиз (taʾviz), тилисм (tilism)
• Telugu: Tayatthu
• Thai: เครื่องราง (th) (krʉ̂ʉang-raang), พิสมร, ของขลัง (th) (kɔ̌ɔng-klǎng)
• Turkish: muska (tr), tılsım (tr)
• Ukrainian: амуле́т (uk) m (amulét), талісма́н m (talismán)
• Urdu: تعویذ‎ m (ta'vīz)
• Uyghur: تۇمار‎ (tumar), تىلسىم‎ (tilsim)
• Uzbek: tumor (uz), tilsim (uz)
• Vietnamese: bùa (vi)

See also

• medallion
• rosary
• talisman

Anagrams

• Metula, metula, muleta, ulmate

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin amulētum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ə.muˈlət/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ə.muˈlɛt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.muˈlet/

Noun

amulet m (plural amulets)

1. amulet

Further reading

• “amulet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amulet” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “amulet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amulet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Noun

amulet m

1. amulet

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French amulette, from Middle French amulete, from Latin amulētum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.myˈlɛt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: amu‧let
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

amulet f or m (plural amuletten, diminutive amuletje n)

1. amulet, talisman

Synonyms

• talisman

Descendants

• Afrikaans: amulet
• → Indonesian: amulet

Anagrams

• muleta

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch amulet, from French amulette, from Middle French, from Latin amulētum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamu.lɛt]
• Hyphenation: amu‧lét

Noun

amulét (first-person possessive amuletku, second-person possessive amuletmu, third-person possessive amuletnya)

1. amulet, talisman

   Synonym: jimat

Further reading

• “amulet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Polish

Etymology

From French amulette, from Latin amulētum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmu.lɛt/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

amulet m inan

1. amulet

Declension

declension of amulet

	singular	plural
nominative	amulet	amulety
genitive	amuletu	amuletów
dative	amuletowi	amuletom
accusative	amulet	amulety
instrumental	amuletem	amuletami
locative	amulecie	amuletach
vocative	amulecie	amulety

Further reading

• amulet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• amulet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amǔlet/
• Hyphenation: a‧mu‧let

Noun

amùlet m (Cyrillic spelling аму̀лет)

1. amulet

Declension

Declension of amulet

	singular	plural
nominative	amulet	amuleti
genitive	amuleta	amuleta
dative	amuletu	amuletima
accusative	amulet	amulete
vocative	amulete	amuleti
locative	amuletu	amuletima
instrumental	amuletom	amuletima

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amuléːt/

Noun

amulẹ̑t m inan

1. amulet