Hamlet

Hamlet

See also: hamlet and HAMLET

English

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. 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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhæm.lɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhæm.lət/
• Rhymes: (UK) -æmlɪt
• Homophone: hamlet

Proper noun

Hamlet

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. A surname.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporatedcommunity in Marin County, California.
   2. An unincorporatedcommunity 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 unincorporatedcommunity in Clatsop County, Oregon, regarded as a hamlet.
   8. An unincorporatedcommunity in Raleigh County, West Virginia, so-named for its small size.
6. A locality in Alberta, Canada, named after William Hamlet.

Related terms

• Hamletic
• Hamletian
• Hamletism

Translations

the main character of the play Hamlet

Arabic: هَامْلِت‎ m (hāmlit) Armenian: Համլետ (Hamlet) Belarusian: Га́млет m (Hámljet) Bulgarian: Ха́млет m (Hámlet) Chinese: Mandarin: 哈姆雷特 (zh) (Hāmǔléitè), 哈姆萊特／哈姆莱特 (Hāmǔláitè) Czech: Hamlet (cs) m Danish: Hamlet m Dutch: Hamlet m Esperanto: Hamleto Finnish: Hamlet French: Hamlet (fr) m Georgian: ჰამლეტი (hamleṭi) German: Hamlet m Greek: Άμλετ (el) m (Ámlet), Αμλέτος (Amlétos) Hebrew: המלט‎ m Hindi: हम्लेट m (hamleṭ) Hungarian: Hamlet Icelandic: Hamlet m Italian: Amleto m Japanese: ハムレット (Hamuretto) Korean: 햄릿 (Haemnit) Latvian: Hamlets m Lithuanian: Hamletas m Macedonian: Хамлет m (Hamlet) Marathi: हॅम्लेट m (hĕmleṭ) Mongolian: Гамлет (Gamlet) Persian: هملت‎ (hamlet) Polish: Hamlet (pl) m Portuguese: Hamlet m Russian: Га́млет (ru) m (Gámlet) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Хамлет m Roman: Hamlet (sh) m Spanish: Hamlet m Thai: แฮมเลต (haem-lâyt) Turkish: Hamlet Ukrainian: Га́млет m (Hámlet)

Anagrams

• Eltham, Lathem, Thelma, methal

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French

Etymology

From English Hamlet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am.lɛ/

Proper noun

Hamlet m

1. Hamlet

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Hamlet.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.let͡ʃ/, /ˈɐ̃.le.t͡ʃi/, /ˈɛ̃.let/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.let͡ʃ/, /ˈɐ̃.le.t͡ʃi/, /ˈɛ̃.let/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.let͡ʃ/, /ˈɛ̃.let/

Proper noun

Hamlet m

1. Hamlet (the main character of the play Hamlet)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxamlet/ [ˈxãm.let̪]
• Rhymes: -amlet

Proper noun

Hamlet m

1. Hamlet (the main character of the play Hamlet)