amulet
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- amulette (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle French amulette, from Latin amuletum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
protective charm
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amulet m (plural amulets)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “amulet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “amulet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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 edit
Noun edit
amulet m inan
Declension edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French amulette, from Middle French amulete, from Latin amulētum. The feminine gender stems from French, the neuter gender from Latin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amulet f or n (plural amuletten, diminutive amuletje n)
Descendants edit
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch amulet, from French amulette, from Middle French, from Latin amulētum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amulét (first-person possessive amuletku, second-person possessive amuletmu, third-person possessive amuletnya)
Further reading edit
- “amulet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin amulētum.[1][2] First attested in 1724.[3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amulet m inan
Declension edit
Declension of amulet
Collocations edit
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 edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amulet”, in 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 edit
- amulet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- amulet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “amulet”, in Słownik języka polskiego[1]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amulet”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[2]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amulet”, in Słownik języka polskiego[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 33
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amùlet m (Cyrillic spelling аму̀лет)
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Slovene edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amulẹ̑t m inan
Declension edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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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 edit
- “amulet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran