noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of small town.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: townie, small town
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
townlet
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Sound
Pronunciation
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History
Etymology
From town + -let.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: гарадо́к (haradók) — small town
- Belarusian: мястэ́чка (mjastéčka) — small town
- Bulgarian: граде́ц (gradéc) — small town
- Chinese Mandarin: 鎮區 /镇区 (zhènqū) — small town
- Chinese Mandarin: 鎮 /镇 (zhèn) — small town
- Czech: městečko — small town
- Dutch: stadje — small town
- French: hameau — small town
- Georgian: დაბა (daba) — small town
- German: Kleinstadt — small town
- German: Städtchen — small town
- Hebrew: עיירה \ עֲיָרָה ('ayará) — small town
- Hungarian: kisváros — small town
- Japanese: 小都市 (shōtoshi) — small town
- Polish: miasteczko — small town
- Russian: городо́к (gorodók) — small town
- Russian: посёлок (posjólok) — small town
- Russian: месте́чко (mestéčko) — small town
- Russian: городи́шко (gorodíško) — small town
- Slovak: mestečko — small town
- Spanish: pueblito — small town
- Spanish: pueblucho — small town
- Ukrainian: місте́чко (mistéčko) — small town
- Yiddish: שטעטל (shtetl) — small town