golem

From Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊ.ləm/, /ˈɡɒl.əm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊ.ləm/, /ˈɡɑl.əm/

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• Rhymes: -əʊləm, -ɒləm

golem (plural golems)

1. (mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
2. (by extension, fantasy) A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic.
   • 2016 December 25, Anne Roiphe, “Cynthia Ozick’s Golem Story Is a Fairy Tale of Sexual Obsession and Dentistry”, in The Forward‎^[1]:

     She is elected mayor through the help of a golem she creates out of the soil of the potted plants she keeps in her apartment.

   • 2025 April 4, Jasmine Valentine, “A Minecraft Movie has one stunning Easter egg you can’t afford to miss”, in Dexerto‎^[2]:

     “There was also stuff that we actually had to take out which would have ruined the plot of the movie,” he said of his favorite details. “Getting the angry old man in there was very important, and the woodland mansion. But also things like the iron golems turned out so well.”

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• golem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Gomel, glome

From Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

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golem (plural golems)

1. (biblical) a formless mass; embrio
2. (mythology) golem; a creature made from mud and clay and brought to life through magic
3. an inept or helpless person

Derived from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡolɛm]
• Rhymes: -olɛm

golem m anim

1. golem (creature from clay)

• “golem”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “golem”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Ultimately from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoː.ləm/, /ˈɣoː.ləm/, (less common) /ˈɡoː.lɛm/

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• Hyphenation: go‧lem

golem m (plural golems, diminutive golempje n)

1. (folklore, fiction) a golem, a clay automaton [from 18th c.]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.lɛm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɛm
• Syllabification: go‧lem

Borrowed from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

golem m pers

1. (mythology) golem (creature)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

golem

1. instrumental singular of gol

• golem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• golem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golěmъ.

• IPA^(key): /ɡǒlem/
• Hyphenation: go‧lem

gòlem (Cyrillic spelling го̀лем, definite gòlemī)

1. huge, giant, mammoth

   Synonyms: ogroman, gigantski, divovski

   • 1995, “Problem nezaposljenosti u informacijsko doba”, in Zbornik Pravnog Fakulteta u Zagrebu, volume 45, number 1, page 5:

     O znanstveno-tehnološkoj revoluciji i utjecaju ovog vrlo aktualnog procesa na ljudsko društvo publiciran je golem broj radova.

     An enormous number of works on the information-technological revolution and the influence of this very contemporary process on human society have been published.

Borrowed from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡolem/ [ˈɡo.lẽm]
• Rhymes: -olem
• Syllabification: go‧lem

golem m (plural golems)

1. (mythology) alternative spelling of gólem (golem)