hamlet

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• UK: /ˈhæm.lɪt/
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• US: /ˈhæm.lət/
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• rhymes with (UK) -æmlɪt
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• homophone: hamlet
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• Canada, UK: /ˈhæm.lɪt/
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• homophone: Hamlet
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 M L AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH AE1 M L IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin Amlethus, as written by 13th-century Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus, and borrowed into English by way of François de Belleforest's French Hamlet, originally rendered as Hamblet in English. Ultimately from Old Danish Amlethæ, corresponding to Old Norse Amlóði (“fool”), claimed to be suggestive of the way that Hamlet acts in the play, from ama (“to annoy”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Frankish *haimbor. Old French ham Old French hamel Old French hameletbor. Middle English hamlet English hamlet From Middle English hamlet, hamelet, a borrowing from Old French hamelet, diminutive of Old French hamel, in turn diminutive of Old French ham, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *haim, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (whence English home). Equivalent to Middle English ham (“home, village”) + -let (“small”).

Acronym of Human Alpha-lactalbumin Made LEthal to Tumor cells, chosen to spell out Hamlet.

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هَامْلِت (hāmlit) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Armenian: Համլետ — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Belarusian: Га́млет (Hámljet) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Bulgarian: Ха́млет (Hámlet) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Chinese Mandarin: 哈姆雷特 (Hāmǔléitè) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Chinese Mandarin: 哈姆萊特 /哈姆莱特 (Hāmǔláitè) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Czech: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Danish: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Dutch: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Esperanto: Hamleto — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Finnish: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• French: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Georgian: ჰამლეტი (hamleṭi) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• German: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Greek: Άμλετ (Ámlet) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Greek: Αμλέτος (Amlétos) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Hebrew: המלט — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Hindi: हम्लेट (hamleṭ) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Hungarian: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Icelandic: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Italian: Amleto — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Japanese: ハムレット (Hamuretto) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Korean: 햄릿 (Haemnit) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Latvian: Hamlets — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Lithuanian: Hamletas — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Macedonian: Хамлет — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Marathi: हॅम्लेट (hĕmleṭ) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Mongolian: Гамлет (Gamlet) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Persian: هملت (hamlet) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Polish: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Portuguese: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Russian: Га́млет (Gámlet) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Serbo-Croatian: Хамлет — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Serbo-Croatian: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Spanish: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Thai: แฮมเลต (haem-lâyt) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Turkish: Hamlet — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Ukrainian: Га́млет (Hámlet) — the main character of the play Hamlet
• Afrikaans: gehug — small village
• Armenian: շեն (šen) — small village
• Armenian: գյուղակ (gyuġak) — small village
• Asturian: llugar — small village
• Azerbaijani: oba — small village
• Basque: herrixka — small village
• Belarusian: вёсачка (vjósačka) — small village
• Belarusian: ху́тар (xútar) — small village
• Bulgarian: селце́ (selcé) — small village
• Catalan: poblet — small village
• Chinese Mandarin: 村莊 /村庄 (cūnzhuāng) — small village
• Chinese Mandarin: 小村 (xiǎocūn) — small village
• Chukchi: нымным (nymnym) — small village
• Coptic: ϫⲉⲫⲣⲟ (jephro) — small village
• Coptic: ⲉⲡⲟⲓⲕⲓⲟⲛ (epoikion) — small village
• Czech: osada — small village
• Czech: víska — small village
• Czech: dědinka — small village
• Czech: kolonie — small village
• Danish: landsby — small village
• Danish: bygd — small village
• Dutch: (boeren)gat — small village
• Dutch: gehucht — small village
• Dutch: negorij — small village
• Dutch: uithoek — small village
• Esperanto: vilaĝeto — small village
• Estonian: küla — small village
• Faroese: bygd — small village
• Faroese: smábygd — small village
• Finnish: pikkukylä — small village
• Finnish: kyläpahanen — small village
• French: hameau — small village
• Galician: aldea — small village
• Galician: lugar — small village
• Galician: vilar — small village
• Galician: casal — small village
• Galician: poubea — small village
• Georgian: სოფელი (sopeli) — small village
• German: Weiler — small village
• German: Dorf — small village
• German: Kaff — small village
• German: Wihr — small village
• Greek: χωριουδάκι (chorioudáki) — small village
• Hebrew: כפרון \ פַּרְוָן (kfarón) — small village
• Hindi: खेड़ा (kheṛā) — small village
• Hindi: पल्ली (pallī) — small village
• Hindi: पुरवा (purvā) — small village
• Hungarian: törpefalu — small village
• Hungarian: aprófalu — small village
• Hungarian: falucska — small village
• Hungarian: (esp. farmstead) tanya — small village
• Ido: vilajeto — small village
• Indonesian: kampung — small village
• Irish: gráig — small village
• Italian: casale — small village
• Italian: località — small village
• Italian: villaggio — small village
• Italian: frazione — small village
• Italian: borgata — small village
• Italian: borgo — small village
• Japanese: 村落 (sonraku) — small village
• Japanese: 集落 (shūraku) — small village
• Khmer: កូនភូមិ (koun phuum) — small village
• Korean: 촌락 (chollak) — small village
• Korean: 마을 (ma'eul) — small village
• Latin: vīcus — small village
• Latin: vīculus — small village
• Latvian: sādža — small village
• Latvian: ciems — small village
• Macedonian: се́лце (sélce) — small village
• Macedonian: ка́тун (kátun) — small village
• Macedonian: за́селок (záselok) — small village
• Manx: balley beg — small village
• Mirandese: aldé — small village
• Norwegian: landsby — small village
• Norwegian: grend — small village
• Occitan: masatge — small village
• Persian: دهکده (dehkade) — small village
• Polish: przysiółek — small village
• Polish: sioło — small village
• Portuguese: aldeia — small village
• Portuguese: lugarejo — small village
• Portuguese: aldeola — small village
• Portuguese: arraial — small village
• Portuguese: aldeota — small village
• Russian: дереву́шка (derevúška) — small village
• Russian: ху́тор (xútor) — small village
• Russian: сельцо́ (selʹcó) — small village
• Sanskrit: ग्राम (grāma) — small village
• Serbo-Croatian: насеље — small village
• Serbo-Croatian: сеоце — small village
• Serbo-Croatian: заселак — small village
• Serbo-Croatian: naselje — small village
• Serbo-Croatian: seoce — small village
• Serbo-Croatian: zaselak — small village
• Slovene: vasica — small village
• Slovene: zaselek — small village
• Spanish: aldehuela — small village
• Spanish: caserío — small village
• Spanish: aldea — small village
• Spanish: pueblito — small village
• Spanish: villar — small village
• Swedish: by — small village
• Telugu: పల్లెటూరు (palleṭūru) — small village
• Turkish: mezra — small village
• Ukrainian: сільце́ (silʹcé) — small village
• Ukrainian: присі́лочок (prysíločok) — small village
• Ukrainian: ху́тір (xútir) — small village
• Vietnamese: xóm — small village
• Welsh: pentref bach — small village
• Yiddish: דערפֿל (derfl) — small village
• Yoruba: ìletò — small village
• Yoruba: abà — small village
• Yoruba: abúlé — small village
• Yoruba: egurè — small village
• Asturian: llugar — 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) — village without its own church
• Czech: vesnička — village without its own church
• Czech: dědina — village without its own church
• Danish: bygd — village without its own church
• Estonian: küla — village without its own church
• Finnish: kylä (as opposed to kirkonkylä) — village without its own church
• French: hameau — village without its own church
• Georgian: სოფელი (sopeli) — village without its own church
• Irish: gráig — village without its own church
• Italian: casale — village without its own church
• Japanese: 小村 (komura) — village without its own church
• Polish: osada — village without its own church
• Russian: дере́вня (derévnja) — village without its own church
• Russian: ху́тор (xútor) — village without its own church
• Spanish: aldea — village without its own church
• Swedish: by — village without its own church
• Telugu: పల్లె (palle) — village without its own church
• Finnish: Hypoplectrus — fish
• German: Hamletbarsche — fish
• Japanese: ハムレット (hamuretto) — fish
• Lithuanian: vakos — fish
• Polish: Hypoplectrus — fish
• Spanish: serranidae hypoplectrus — fish
• Swedish: hypoplectrus — fish