golem

See also: Golem, gólem, and gòlem

English

Etymology

From Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒləm/, /ˈɡoʊləm/

Noun

golem (plural golems)

1. (mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
2. (by extension, fantasy) A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic.

Translations

creature

• Afrikaans: golem
• Azerbaijani: qolem
• Bulgarian: голем m (golem)
• Catalan: gòlem m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魔像 (móxiàng)

• Czech: golem (cs) m
• Esperanto: golemo
• Finnish: golem
• German: Golem (de) m
• Hebrew: גולם (he) m (gólem)
• Hungarian: gólem
• Irish: gólam m
• Japanese: ゴーレム (gōremu)
• Kalmyk: голем (golem)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 골렘 (gollem)
• Lithuanian: golemas m
• Macedonian: голем m (golem)
• Marathi: गोलेम m (golem)
• Polish: golem (pl) m
• Russian: го́лем (ru) m (gólem)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: го̀лем m

  Roman: gòlem (sh) m

• Silesian: golym m
• Spanish: golem (es) m
• Thai: โกเลม (goh-laym)
• Ukrainian: го́лем m (hólem), голе́м m (holém)
• Yiddish: גולם m (goylem)

See also

• tulpa
• shikigami

Further reading

• golem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gomel, glome

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Noun

golem (plural golems)

1. (biblical) a formless mass; embrio
2. (mythology) golem; a creature made from mud and clay and brought to life through magic
3. an inept or helpless person

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Czech

Etymology

From Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡolɛm]
• Rhymes: -olɛm

Noun

1. golem (creature from clay)

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoː.ləm/
• Hyphenation: go‧lem

Noun

golem m (plural golems, diminutive golempje n)

1. (folklore, fiction) A golem, a clay automaton. [from 18th c.]

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.lɛm/

Noun

golem

1. instrumental singular of gol

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *golěmъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǒlem/
• Hyphenation: go‧lem

Adjective

gòlem (Cyrillic spelling го̀лем, definite gòlemī)

1. huge, giant, mammoth
   • 1995, “Problem nezaposljenosti u informacijsko doba”, in Zbornik Pravnog Fakulteta u Zagrebu, volume 45, number 1, page 5:

     O znanstveno-tehnološkoj revoluciji i utjecaju ovog vrlo aktualnog procesa na ljudsko društvo publiciran je golem broj radova.

     About the information-technological revolution and the influence of this very contemporary process on human society there has been published a gigantic amount of works.

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		golem	golema	golemo
genitive		golema	goleme	golema
dative		golemu	golemoj	golemu
accusative	inanimate animate	golem golema	golemu	golemo
vocative		golem	golema	golemo
locative		golemu	golemoj	golemu
instrumental		golemim	golemom	golemim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		golemi	goleme	golema
genitive		golemih	golemih	golemih
dative		golemim(a)	golemim(a)	golemim(a)
accusative		goleme	goleme	golema
vocative		golemi	goleme	golema
locative		golemim(a)	golemim(a)	golemim(a)
instrumental		golemim(a)	golemim(a)	golemim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		golemi	golema	golemo
genitive		golemog(a)	goleme	golemog(a)
dative		golemom(u/e)	golemoj	golemom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	golemi golemog(a)	golemu	golemo
vocative		golemi	golema	golemo
locative		golemom(e/u)	golemoj	golemom(e/u)
instrumental		golemim	golemom	golemim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		golemi	goleme	golema
genitive		golemih	golemih	golemih
dative		golemim(a)	golemim(a)	golemim(a)
accusative		goleme	goleme	golema
vocative		golemi	goleme	golema
locative		golemim(a)	golemim(a)	golemim(a)
instrumental		golemim(a)	golemim(a)	golemim(a)

Synonyms

• ogroman
• gigantski
• divovski

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Noun

golem m (plural golems)

1. (mythology) golem