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amulet

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈæm.jə.lɪt/
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1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The soldier wore an amulet for protection.
  • An ancient amulet was discovered in the ruins.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: talisman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: charm, good luck charm

Narrower terms: grigri, gres-gris, greegree

History

Etymology

From Middle French amulette, from Latin amuletum.

Across languages

Translations

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: amuletë — protective charm
  • Albanian: amulet — protective charm
  • Arabic: تَمِيمَة (tamīma) — protective charm
  • Arabic: أُخْذَة (ʔuḵḏa) — protective charm
  • Arabic: تَعْوِيذَة (taʕwīḏa) — protective charm
  • Arabic: حِجَاب (ḥijāb) — protective charm
  • Arabic: حِرْز (ḥirz) — protective charm
  • Arabic: رُقْيَة (ruqya) — protective charm
  • Arabic: طِلَسْم (ṭilasm) — protective charm
  • Arabic: طِلَّسْم (ṭillasm) — protective charm
  • Armenian: հուռութք (huṙutʻkʻ) — protective charm
  • Armenian: հմայիլ (hmayil) — protective charm
  • Assamese: মাদলী (madoli) — protective charm
  • Assamese: তাবিজ (tabiz) — protective charm
  • Assamese: ৰক্ষাকৱচ (roikkhakowos) — protective charm
  • Azerbaijani: tumar — protective charm
  • Azerbaijani: gözmuncuğu — protective charm
  • Azerbaijani: tilsim — protective charm
  • Belarusian: амуле́т (amuljét) — protective charm
  • Belarusian: талісма́н (talismán) — protective charm
  • Bengali: তাবিজ (tabij) — protective charm
  • Bengali: কবচ (koboc) — protective charm
  • Bulgarian: амуле́т (amulét) — protective charm
  • Bulgarian: талисма́н (talismán) — protective charm
  • Burmese: အဆောင် (a.hcaung) — protective charm
  • Burmese: အခံ (a.hkam) — protective charm
  • Catalan: amulet — protective charm
  • Catalan: talismà — protective charm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 護身符 /护身符 (hùshēnfú) — protective charm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 護符 /护符 (hùfú) — protective charm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 護身符子 /护身符子 (hùshēnfúzi) — protective charm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 辟邪物 (bìxiéwù) — protective charm
  • Cornish: sonellik — protective charm
  • Czech: amulet — protective charm
  • Danish: amulet — protective charm
  • Dutch: amulet — protective charm
  • Dutch: beschermmiddel — protective charm
  • Dutch: talisman — protective charm
  • Esperanto: amuleto — protective charm
  • Estonian: amulett — protective charm
  • Finnish: amuletti — protective charm
  • French: amulette — protective charm
  • French: talisman — protective charm
  • Galician: dixe — protective charm
  • Galician: fetiche — protective charm
  • Galician: corniño — protective charm
  • Galician: bolerca — protective charm
  • Galician: dómina — protective charm
  • Galician: sapo — protective charm
  • Galician: figa — protective charm
  • Galician: amuleto — protective charm
  • Georgian: თილისმა (tilisma) — protective charm
  • German: Amulett — protective charm
  • German: Gebetsriemen — protective charm
  • Greek: φυλαχτό (fylachtó) — protective charm
  • Ancient Greek: περίαπτον (períapton) — protective charm
  • Ancient Greek: φυλακτήριον (phulaktḗrion) — protective charm
  • Ancient Greek: βασκάνιον (baskánion) — protective charm
  • Greenlandic: aarnuaq — protective charm
  • Hebrew: קָמֵעַ (kaméa') — protective charm
  • Hiligaynon: antíng-ánting — protective charm
  • Hindi: तावीज़ (tāvīz) — protective charm
  • Hindi: कवच (kavac) — protective charm
  • Hungarian: amulett — protective charm
  • Icelandic: fjöregg — protective charm
  • Icelandic: verndargripur — protective charm
  • Icelandic: heillagripur — protective charm
  • Indonesian: jimat — protective charm
  • Irish: briocht — protective charm
  • Italian: amuleto — protective charm
  • Japanese: お守り (o-mamori) — protective charm
  • Japanese: 護符 (gofu) — protective charm
  • Japanese: アミュレット (amyuretto) — protective charm
  • Jingpho: lak hpoi — protective charm
  • Kabuverdianu: fisga — protective charm
  • Kalmyk: мирд (mird) — protective charm
  • Kazakh: тұмар (tūmar) — protective charm
  • Khmer: កំណារ (kɑmnaa) — protective charm
  • Korean: 애뮬럿 (aemyulleot) — protective charm
  • Korean: 부적 (bujeok) — protective charm
  • Korean: 주구 (jugu) — protective charm
  • Kyrgyz: тумар (tumar) — protective charm
  • Kyrgyz: тилсим (tilsim) — protective charm
  • Lao: ຂອງຄ້ໍາຄູນ (khǭng kham khūn) — protective charm
  • Lao: ຂອງດີ (khǭng dī) — protective charm
  • Lao: ຄາຖາ (khā thā) — protective charm
  • Lao: ຍັນ (nyan) — protective charm
  • Lao: ມິ່ງ (ming) — protective charm
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງລາງ (khư̄ang lāng) — protective charm
  • Latin: amuletum — protective charm
  • Latvian: amulets — protective charm
  • Lithuanian: amuletas — protective charm
  • Macedonian: талисман (talisman) — protective charm
  • Macedonian: амулет (amulet) — protective charm
  • Macedonian: амалјија (amaljija) — protective charm
  • Malay: azimat — protective charm
  • Malay: tangkal — protective charm
  • Manchu: ᡴᠠᡵᠮᠠᠨᡳ (karmani) — protective charm
  • Mongolian: сахиус (saxius) — protective charm
  • Nepali: बुटि (buṭi) — protective charm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: amulett — protective charm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: amulett — protective charm
  • Iranian Persian: تَعْویذ (ta'viz) — protective charm
  • Iranian Persian: کُماهِه (komâhe) — protective charm
  • Iranian Persian: طِلِسْم (telesm) — protective charm
  • Polish: amulet — protective charm
  • Portuguese: amuleto — protective charm
  • Romanian: amuletă — protective charm
  • Russian: амуле́т (amulét) — protective charm
  • Russian: талисма́н (talismán) — protective charm
  • Russian: о́берег (óbereg) — protective charm
  • Russian: обере́г (oberég) — protective charm
  • Sanskrit: मङ्गल (maṅgala) — protective charm
  • Serbo-Croatian: аму̀лет — protective charm
  • Serbo-Croatian: талѝсма̄н — protective charm
  • Serbo-Croatian: amùlet — protective charm
  • Serbo-Croatian: talìsmān — protective charm
  • Shan: လၢၵ်ႈၽွႆး (lāak pháui) — protective charm
  • Shan: လၢၵ်ႈၽွႆႉ (lāak phâ̰ui) — protective charm
  • Slovak: amulet — protective charm
  • Slovene: amulet — protective charm
  • Spanish: amuleto — protective charm
  • Spanish: talismán — protective charm
  • Sranan Tongo: bilongo — protective charm
  • Sranan Tongo: tapu — protective charm
  • Swahili: hirizi — protective charm
  • Swedish: amulett — protective charm
  • Tagalog: dupil — protective charm
  • Tajik: тӯмор (tümor) — protective charm
  • Tajik: таъвиз (ta'viz) — protective charm
  • Tajik: тилисм (tilism) — protective charm
  • Tày: bùa — protective charm
  • Thai: เครื่องราง (krʉ̂ʉang-raang) — protective charm
  • Thai: พิสมร — protective charm
  • Thai: ของขลัง (kɔ̌ɔng-klǎng) — protective charm
  • Turkish: muska — protective charm
  • Turkish: tılsım — protective charm
  • Ottoman Turkish: حمایل (hamayıl) — protective charm
  • Turkmen: tumar — protective charm
  • Ukrainian: амуле́т (amulét) — protective charm
  • Ukrainian: талісма́н (talismán) — protective charm
  • Ukrainian: обері́г (oberíh) — protective charm
  • Urdu: تَعْوِیذ (ta'vīz) — protective charm
  • Urdu: طِلِسْم (tilism) — protective charm
  • Uyghur: تۇمار (tumar) — protective charm
  • Uyghur: تىلسىم (tilsim) — protective charm
  • Uzbek: tumor — protective charm
  • Uzbek: tilsim — protective charm
  • Vietnamese: bùa — protective charm
  • Vietnamese: yếm thắng vật — protective charm
  • Vietnamese: yếm thắng thuật — protective charm
  • Yiddish: קמיע (kameye) — protective charm
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