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 religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.
Derived terms
Translations
protective charm
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See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
amulet m (plural amulets)
Derived terms
- amulètic
Further reading
- “amulet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “amulet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈamulɛt]
Audio: (file)
Noun
amulet m inan
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 |
Further reading
- “amulet”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “amulet”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “amulet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
- “amulet”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
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
Noun
amulet f or n (plural amuletten, diminutive amuletje n)
- amulet, talisman
- Synonyms: geluksbrenger, talisman
Descendants
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch amulet, from French amulette, from Middle French, from Latin amulētum.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈmulɛt/ [aˈmu.lɛt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ulɛt
- Syllabification: a‧mu‧let
Noun
amulét (plural amulet-amulet)
- synonym of jimat
Further reading
- “amulet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin amulētum.[1][2] First attested in 1724.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmu.lɛt/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ulɛt
- Syllabification: a‧mu‧let
Noun
amulet m inan
Declension
Declension of amulet
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | amulet | amulety |
genitive | amuletu | amuletów |
dative | amuletowi | amuletom |
accusative | amulet | amulety |
instrumental | amuletem | amuletami |
locative | amulecie | amuletach |
vocative | amulecie | amulety |
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) “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
- 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
- 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
Noun
amùlet m inan (Cyrillic spelling аму̀лет)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | amulet | amuleti |
genitive | amuleta | amuleta |
dative | amuletu | amuletima |
accusative | amulet | amulete |
vocative | amulete | amuleti |
locative | amuletu | amuletima |
instrumental | amuletom | amuletima |
Slovene
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amuléːt/
Noun
amulẹ̑t m inan
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 (in Slovene), 2014–2025