amulet

English

Alternative forms

• amulette (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French amulette, from Latin amuletum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæm.jə.lɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

amulet (plural amulets)

1. A religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.

   The soldier wore an amulet for protection.

   An ancient amulet was discovered in the ruins.

Derived terms

• amuleted
• amuletic
• amuletlike

Translations

protective charm

• Albanian: amuletë f, amulet m
• Arabic: تَمِيمَة f (tamīma), أُخْذَة f (ʔuḵḏa), تَعْوِيذَة f (taʕwīḏa), حِجَاب (ar) m (ḥijāb), حِرْز m (ḥirz), رُقْيَة f (ruqya), طِلَسْم m (ṭilasm), طِلَّسْم m (ṭillasm)
• Armenian: հուռութք (hy) (huṙutʻkʻ), հմայիլ (hy) (hmayil)
• Assamese: মাদলী (madoli), তাবিজ (tabiz), ৰক্ষাকৱচ (roikkhakowos)
• Azerbaijani: tumar (az), gözmuncuğu, tilsim
• Belarusian: амуле́т m (amuljét), талісма́н (talismán)
• Bengali: তাবিজ (bn) (tabij), কবচ (bn) (koboc)
• Bulgarian: амуле́т (bg) m (amulét), талисма́н (bg) m (talismán)
• Burmese: အဆောင် (my) (a.hcaung), အခံ (my) (a.hkam)
• Catalan: amulet (ca) m, talismà m
• Chinese:

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

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

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

• Greenlandic: aarnuaq
• Hebrew: קָמֵעַ (he) m (kaméa')
• Hiligaynon: antíng-ánting
• Hindi: तावीज़ m (tāvīz), कवच (hi) m (kavac)
• Hungarian: amulett (hu)
• Icelandic: fjöregg n, verndargripur m, heillagripur m
• Indonesian: jimat (id)
• Irish: briocht m
• Italian: amuleto (it) m
• Japanese: お守り (ja) (おまもり, o-mamori), 護符 (ja) (ごふ, gofu), アミュレット (amyuretto)
• Jingpho: lak hpoi
• Kabuverdianu: fisga
• Kalmyk: мирд (mird)
• Kazakh: тұмар (tūmar)
• Khmer: កំណារ (km) (kɑmnaa)
• Kongo: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 애뮬럿 (aemyulleot), 부적(符籍) (ko) (bujeok), 주구(呪具) (ko) (jugu)
• Kyrgyz: тумар (ky) (tumar), тилсим (ky) (tilsim)
• Lao: ຂອງຄ້ຳຄູນ (khǭng kham khūn), ຂອງດີ (khǭng dī), ຄາຖາ (khā thā), ຍັນ (nyan), ມິ່ງ (ming), ເຄື່ອງລາງ (khư̄ang lāng)
• Latin: amuletum n
• Latvian: amulets m
• Lithuanian: amuletas m
• Macedonian: талисман m (talisman), амулет m (amulet), амалјија f (amaljija)
• Malay: azimat, tangkal (ms)
• Manchu: ᡴᠠᡵᠮᠠᠨᡳ (karmani)
• Māori: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: сахиус (mn) (saxius)

• Nepali: बुटि (buṭi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amulett (no) m

  Nynorsk: amulett m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تَعْویذ (ta'viz), کُماهِه (komâhe), طِلِسْم (telesm)

• Polish: amulet (pl) m
• Portuguese: amuleto (pt) m
• Romanian: amuletă (ro) f
• Russian: амуле́т (ru) m (amulét), талисма́н (ru) m (talismán), о́берег (ru) m (óbereg), обере́г (ru) m (oberég)
• Sanskrit: मङ्गल (sa) n (maṅgala)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аму̀лет m, талѝсма̄н m

  Latin: amùlet (sh) m, talìsmān (sh) m

• Shan: လၢၵ်ႈၽွႆး (lāak pháui), လၢၵ်ႈၽွႆႉ (lāak phâ̰ui)
• Slovak: amulet m
• Slovene: amulet (sl) m
• Spanish: amuleto (es) m, talismán (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: bilongo, tapu
• Swahili: hirizi (sw)
• Swedish: amulett (sv) c
• Tagalog: dupil
• Tajik: тӯмор (tümor), таъвиз (ta'viz), тилисм (tilism)
• Tày: bùa
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เครื่องราง (th) (krʉ̂ʉang-raang), พิสมร, ของขลัง (th) (kɔ̌ɔng-klǎng)
• Turkish: muska (tr), tılsım (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: حمایل (hamayıl)

• Turkmen: tumar
• Ukrainian: амуле́т (uk) m (amulét), талісма́н m (talismán), обері́г (uk) m (oberíh)
• Urdu: تَعْوِیذ m (ta'vīz), طِلِسْم m (tilism)
• Uyghur: تۇمار (tumar), تىلسىم (tilsim)
• Uzbek: tumor (uz), tilsim (uz)
• Vietnamese: bùa (vi), yếm thắng vật, yếm thắng thuật
• Vili: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: קמיע f (kameye)

See also

• medallion
• rosary
• talisman

Anagrams

• Metula, metula, muleta, ulmate

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amulētum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ə.muˈle̞t]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.muˈlɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [a.muˈlet]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

amulet m (plural amulets)

1. amulet

Derived terms

• amulètic

Further reading

• “amulet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “amulet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “amulet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “amulet”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Czech

Etymology

From Latin amulētum. First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamulɛt]

• Audio:

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Noun

amulet m inan

1. amulet

Declension

Declension of amulet (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	amulet	amulety
genitive	amuletu	amuletů
dative	amuletu	amuletům
accusative	amulet	amulety
vocative	amulete	amulety
locative	amuletu	amuletech
instrumental	amuletem	amulety

Further reading

• “amulet”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “amulet”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “amulet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• “amulet”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French amulette, from Middle French amulete, from Latin amulētum. The feminine gender stems from French, the neuter gender from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.myˈlɛt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: amu‧let
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

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

1. amulet, talisman

   Synonyms: geluksbrenger, talisman

Descendants

• Afrikaans: amulet
• → Indonesian: amulet

Anagrams

• muleta

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈmulɛt/ [aˈmu.lɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ulɛt
• Syllabification: a‧mu‧let

Noun

amulét (plural amulet-amulet)

1. synonym of jimat

Further reading

• “amulet”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amulētum. First attested in 1724.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmu.lɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ulɛt
• Syllabification: a‧mu‧let

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

Collocations

Collocations

• obwieszony amulet ― festooned amulet
• smoczy amulet ― dragon's amulet
• magiczny amulet ― magic amulet
• indiański amulet ― Indian amulet
• tajemniczy amulet ― mysterious amulet
• pogański amulet ― pagan amulet
• swoisty amulet ― peculiar amulet
• specjalny amulet ― special amulet
• święty amulet ― holy amulet
• amulet ochronny ― protective amulet
• moc amuletu ― power of an amulet
• rola/funkcja amuletu ― role of an amulet
• amulet szczęścia ― amulet of luck
• amulet odwagi ― amulet of courage
• nosić amulet ― to wear an amulet
• sprzedawać amulet ― to sell an amulet
• kupić amulet ― to buy an amulet

Further reading

• “amulet”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “amulet”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “amulet”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “amulet”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amulet”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 33

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

amùlet m inan (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

Slovene

Etymology

From Latin amulētum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amuléːt/

Noun

amulẹ̑t m inan

1. amulet

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	amulét
gen. sing.	amuléta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	amulét	amuléta	amuléti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	amuléta	amulétov	amulétov
dative (dajȃlnik)	amulétu	amulétoma	amulétom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	amulét	amuléta	amuléte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	amulétu	amulétih	amulétih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	amulétom	amulétoma	amuléti

Further reading

• “amulet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026