amulet

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French amulette, from Latin amuletum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæm.jə.lɪt/
  • (file)

Noun

amulet (plural amulets)

  1. A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.

Translations

See also

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

From Latin amulētum.

Pronunciation

Noun

amulet m (plural amulets)

  1. amulet

Derived terms

  • amulètic

Further reading


Czech

Noun

amulet m

  1. amulet

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French amulette, from Middle French amulete, from Latin amulētum. The feminine gender stems from French, the neuter gender from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.myˈlɛt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: amu‧let
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

amulet f or n (plural amuletten, diminutive amuletje n)

  1. amulet, talisman
    Synonym: talisman

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: amulet
  • Indonesian: amulet

Anagrams


Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch amulet, from French amulette, from Middle French, from Latin amulētum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈamu.lɛt]
  • Hyphenation: amu‧lét

Noun

amulét (first-person possessive amuletku, second-person possessive amuletmu, third-person possessive amuletnya)

  1. amulet, talisman
    Synonyms: azimat, jimat

Further reading


Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amulētum.[1][2] First attested in 1724.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmu.lɛt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ulɛt
  • Syllabification: a‧mu‧let

Noun

amulet m inan

  1. amulet

Declension

Collocations

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), amulet”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (23.02.2013), AMULET”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine], Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amǔlet/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mu‧let

Noun

amùlet m (Cyrillic spelling аму̀лет)

  1. amulet

Declension


Slovene

Etymology

From Latin amulētum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amuléːt/

Noun

amulẹ̑t m inan

  1. amulet

Declension

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. amulét
gen. sing. amuléta
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
amulét amuléta amuléti
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
amuléta amulétov amulétov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
amulétu amulétoma amulétom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
amulét amuléta amuléte
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
amulétu amulétih amulétih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
amulétom amulétoma amuléti

Further reading

  • amulet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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