amulet
English
Alternative forms
- amulette (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French amulette, from Latin amuletum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæm.jə.lɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
amulet (plural amulets)
- A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.
Translations
protective charm
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Derived terms
- amulètic
Further reading
- “amulet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “amulet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “amulet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “amulet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Declension
Declension of amulet (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amulet | amulety |
| genitive | amuletu | amuletů |
| dative | amuletu | amuletům |
| accusative | amulet | amulety |
| vocative | amulete | amulety |
| locative | amuletu | amuletech |
| instrumental | amuletem | amulety |
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/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: amu‧let
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Anagrams
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈamu.lɛt]
- Hyphenation: amu‧lét
Noun
amulét (first-person possessive amuletku, second-person possessive amuletmu, third-person possessive amuletnya)
Further reading
- “amulet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmu.lɛt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ulɛt
- Syllabification: a‧mu‧let
Declension
Collocations
Collocations
- obwieszony amulet ― festooned amulet
- smoczy amulet ― dragon's amulet
- magiczny amulet ― magic amulet
- indiański amulet ― Indian amulet
- tajemniczy amulet ― mysterious amulet
- pogański amulet ― pagan amulet
- swoisty amulet ― peculiar amulet
- specjalny amulet ― special amulet
- święty amulet ― holy amulet
- amulet ochronny ― protective amulet
- moc amuletu ― power of an amulet
- rola/funkcja amuletu ― role of an amulet
- amulet szczęścia ― amulet of luck
- amulet odwagi ― amulet of courage
- nosić amulet ― to wear an amulet
- sprzedawać amulet ― to sell an amulet
- kupić amulet ― to buy an amulet
References
- Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amulet”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- 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]
Further reading
- amulet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- amulet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “amulet”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “amulet”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amulet”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 33
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amǔlet/
- Hyphenation: a‧mu‧let
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amuléːt/
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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