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)

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ham (“skin”) +‎ let (“colour”)

Noun

hamlet m (definite singular hamleten, indefinite plural hamleter, definite plural hamletene)

  1. skin colour, complexion
Han var mørk i hamleten. ― His skin colour was dark.

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ham (“skin”) +‎ let (“colour”)

Noun

hamlet m (definite singular hamleten, indefinite plural hamleter or hamletar, definite plural hamletene or hamletane)

  1. skin colour, complexion

Alternative forms
  • hamlett

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