hamlet

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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhæm.lɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhæm.lət/

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• Homophone: Hamlet

hamlet (plural hamlets)

1. A small village or a group of houses.

   Synonym: 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.

• (small village): settlement

• Eltham, Lathem, Thelma, methal

From ham (“skin”) +‎ let (“colour”).

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

1. skin colour, complexion

   Synonym: hudfarge

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

• “hamlet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• hamlìt

From ham (“skin”) +‎ let (“colour”).

• IPA^(key): /²ha(ː)mleːt/

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

1. skin colour, complexion

• “hamlet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.