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hamlet¹
- /ˈhæm.lɪt/ Canada, UK
- /ˈhæm.lət/ US
Sounds like Hamlet
Where it comes from
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”).
noun hamlets
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A small settlement or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement smaller than a village or town with usually under two hundred people.
Coal′brookdale, a hamlet of England, co. of Salop, on a railway, 2 miles N. of Broseley, on the Severn. Pop. 1574, engaged in collieries, foundries, and fire-brick and tobacco-pipe manufactories.
Similar: thorp
- A village that does not have its own church. One hundred thirtie two thousand of Parish Churches, Hamlets, and Villages of all sorts.
- An unincorporated community of whatever size, lacking its own municipal government, but with defined boundaries. […] Wessex county (a pseudonym) comprising rural area (pop. 8,434); four incorporated towns plus the section of land containing the largest hamlet in the county (pop. 2,489)
- Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae. Larval hamlets are similar to larval Serranus and spend several weeks in the plankton feeding on a variety of tiny crustaceans and invertebrates before metamorphosing and settling on to the reef.
Hamlet²
- /ˈhæm.lɪt/ UK
- /ˈhæm.lət/ US
Sounds like hamlet · Rhymes with (UK) -æmlɪt
Where it comes from
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”).
proper noun Hamblet · Hamblett · Hamlett
- A William Shakespeare play about the Danish royal family.
- The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.
- A male given name.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Marin County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Illinois.
- A town in Starke County, Indiana, named after John Hamlet.
- A village in Hayes County, Nebraska, so-named as it was regarded as a hamlet.
- A hamlet in Chautauqua County, New York.
- A city in Richmond County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, regarded as a hamlet.
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, so-named for its small size.
- A locality in Alberta, Canada, named after William Hamlet.
- A settlement in Gittisham parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, just outside Honiton (OS grid ref SY1499).
- A hamlet in Yetminster parish and Chetnole parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5908).
HAMLET³
Where it comes from
Acronym of Human Alpha-lactalbumin Made LEthal to Tumor cells, chosen to spell out Hamlet.
noun
- A protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that induces apoptosis in tumor cells, but not in healthy cells.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: village, crossroads, dorp, dane, ay, community, settlement, lower, ophelia, locality, township, burg, bourg, pueblo, kampung, kampong
Translations
Every language
noun small village
| Español | aldehuela, caserío, aldea, pueblito, villar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 촌락 chollak, 마을 ma'eul |
| 日本語 | 村落 sonraku, 集落 shūraku |
| 中文 | 村莊 /村庄 cūnzhuāng, 小村 xiǎocūn |
| हिन्दी | खेड़ा kheṛā, पल्ली pallī, पुरवा purvā |
| Português | aldeia, lugarejo, aldeola, arraial, aldeota |
| Français | hameau |
| Deutsch | Weiler, Dorf, Kaff |
| Italiano | casale, località, villaggio, frazione, borgata, borgo |
| Ελληνικά | χωριουδάκι chorioudáki |
| Русский | дереву́шка derevúška, ху́тор xútor, сельцо́ selʹcó |
| Tiếng Việt | xóm |
| עברית | כפרון \ פַּרְוָן kfarón |
noun village without its own church
| Español | aldea |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 小村 komura |
| 中文 | 部落無教會的小村莊 /部落无教会的小村庄 bùluò wú jiāohuì de xiǎo cūnzhuāng |
| Français | hameau |
| Italiano | casale |
| Русский | дере́вня derévnja, ху́тор xútor |
noun fish
| Español | serranidae hypoplectrus |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ハムレット hamuretto |
| Deutsch | Hamletbarsche |
Talk about this word "hamlet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hamlet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hamlet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hamlet "hamlet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hamlet.Cite this
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title = {hamlet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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