hamlet

See also: Hamlet and HAMLET

English

Etymology

From Middle English hamlet, hamelet, a borrowing from Old French hamelet, diminutive of Old French hamel (Modern French hameau), in turn diminutive of Old French ham, of Germanic origin. Cognates include English home, Dutch heem, German Heim, Old English hām.

Noun

hamlet (plural hamlets)

A small village or a group of houses.
(Britain) A village that does not have its own church.
Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.

Hypernyms

(small village): settlement

Translations

small village

Armenian: շեն (hy) (šen), գյուղակ (hy) (gyułak)
Basque: herrixka
Bulgarian: селце n (selce)
Catalan: poblet m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 村莊 (zh), 村庄 (zh) (cūnzhuāng), 小村 (xiǎocūn)
Chukchi: нымным (nymnym)
Czech: osada (cs) f, víska (cs) f, dědinka f, kolonie f
Danish: landsby (da)
Dutch: (boeren)gat n, gehucht (nl) n, negorij (nl), uithoek (nl)
Esperanto: vilaĝeto
Estonian: küla (et)
Faroese: bygd f, smábygd f
Finnish: pikkukylä (fi), kyläpahanen (fi)
French: hameau (fr) m
Galician: aldea (gl) f, lugar (gl) m
Georgian: სოფელი (sopeli)
German: Weiler (de) m, Dorf (de) n, (pejorative) Kaff (de) n
Alemannic German: Wihr
Greek: χωριουδάκι (el) n (chorioudáki)
Hebrew: כפרון‎‎ m (kfarón)
Hungarian: falucska (hu)
Ido: vilajeto (io)
Indonesian: kampung (id)
Irish: gráig f
Italian: casale (it) m, borgata (it) f, frazione (it) f, borgo (it) m

Japanese: (a small village) 村落 (sonraku); (a group of houses) 集落 (ja) (shūraku)
Khmer: កូនភូមិ (koon pʰuumi’)
Latin: vīcus (la) m, vīculus m,
Latvian: sādža (lv) f, ciems m
Macedonian: заселок m (zaselok), селце n (selce)
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Manx: balley beg m
Mirandese: aldé f
Norwegian: landsby (no), grend (no)
Occitan: masatge (oc)
Persian: دهکده‎‎ (fa) (dehkade)
Polish: przysiółek (pl) m, sioło (pl) n
Portuguese: aldeia (pt) f
Russian: дереву́шка (ru) f (derevúška), ху́тор (ru) m (xútor), сельцо́ (ru) n (selʹcó)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: zaseok m, naselje (sh) n, seoce (sh) n, zaselak (sh) m
Slovene: vasica f, zaselek m
Spanish: aldehuela f, caserío (es) m, aldea (es) f
Swedish: by (sv) c
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: పల్లెటూరు (te) (palleṭūru)
Turkish: mezra (tr)
Vietnamese: xóm (vi)
Welsh: pentref bach m
Yiddish: דערפֿל‎‎ n (derfl)

village without its own church

Chinese:
Mandarin: 部落無教會的小村莊, 部落无教会的小村庄 (bùluò wú jiāohuì de xiǎo cūnzhuāng)
Czech: vesnička (cs) f, dědina (cs) f
Estonian: küla (et)
Finnish: kylä (fi) (as opp. to kirkonkylä (fi))
French: hameau (fr) m

Georgian: სოფელი (sopeli)
Irish: gráig f
Japanese: (used to describe such European villages) 小村 (こむら, komura)
Russian: ху́тор (ru) m (xútor)
Swedish: by (sv) c
Telugu: పల్లె (te) (palle)

fish

Finnish: Hypoplectrus
German: Hamletbarsche
Japanese: ハムレット (hamuretto)

Lithuanian: vakos
Swedish: hypoplectrus

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Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} villaggio m

Old English: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

Lathem, Thelma, methal

Norwegian

Alternative forms

hamlett (Norwegian Nynorsk only)

Etymology

Made up of ham (skin) and let (colour).

Noun

hamlet m

The skin colour

Han var mørk i hamleten.

His skin colour was dark.

Synonyms

hudfarge

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