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 (ʔuḵḏa), تَعْوِيذَة f (taʕwīḏa), حِجَاب (ar) m (ḥijāb), حِرْز m (ḥirz), رُقْيَة f (ruqya)
• Armenian: հուռութք (hy) (huṙutʻkʻ), հմայիլ (hmayil)
• Azerbaijani: tumar (az), gözmuncuğu
• Belarusian: амуле́т m (amuljét), талісма́н (talismán)
• Bengali: মাদুলি (maduli), 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
• 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)

• 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)

• Hebrew: קָמֵעַ (he) m (kame'a)
• Hiligaynon: antíng-ánting
• Hindi: तावीज़ m (tāvīz), कवच (hi) m (kavac)
• Hungarian: amulett (hu)
• Indonesian: jimat (id)
• Interlingue:
• 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)
• Kabuverdianu: fisga
• Kalmyk: мирд (mird)
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• Kazakh: тұмар (tūmar)
• Khmer: កំណារ (km) (kɑmnaa)
• Korean: 애뮬럿 (aemyulleot), 부적 (ko) (bujeok)
• Kyrgyz: тумар (ky) (tumar)
• Latvian: amulets m
• Lithuanian: amuletas m
• Macedonian: талисман m (talisman), амулет m (amulet), амалјија f (amaljija)
• Malay: azimat
• 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

• 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.

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, 2024
• “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

1. amulet

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French amulette, from Middle French [Term?], Latin amulētum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.myˈlɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: amu‧let

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. amulet, talisman

Synonyms

• talisman

Anagrams

• muleta

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmu.lɛt/

• Audio:

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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

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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