English
hamlet
see also: Hamlet, HAMLET
Etymology

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).

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈhæm.lɪt/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈhæm.lət/
Noun

hamlet (plural hamlets)

  1. A small village or a group of houses.
    Synonyms: thorp
  2. (British) A village that does not have its own church.
  3. Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.
Translations Translations Translations
  • German: Hamletbarsche
Hamlet
Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈhæm.lɪt/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈhæm.lət/
Proper noun
  1. A William Shakespeare play about the Danish royal family.
  2. The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.
  3. A male given name.
  4. Surname.
  5. A number of places in USA:
    1. An unincorporated community in Marin County, California.
    2. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Illinois.
    3. A town in Starke County, Indiana, named after John Hamlet.
    4. A village in Hayes County, Nebraska, so-named as it was regarded as a hamlet.
    5. A hamlet in Chautauqua County, New York.
    6. A city in Richmond County, North Carolina.
    7. An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, regarded as a hamlet.
    8. An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, so-named for its small size.
  6. A locality in Alberta, Canada, named after William Hamlet.
  7. A settlement in Gittisham, East Devon (OS grid ref SY1499).
  8. A hamlet in Yetminster, and (OS grid ref ST5908).
Related terms Translations
HAMLET
Etymology

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

Noun

hamlet (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) A protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that induces apoptosis in tumor cells, but not in healthy cells.


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