English-Thai Dictionary

hamlet

N หมู่บ้าน เล็กๆ  mu-ban-lek-lek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HAMLET

n.A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country. This word seems originally to have signified the seat of a freeholder, comprehending the mansion house and adjacent buildings. It now denotes a small collection of houses in the country, in distinction from a city, a large town or township.
The country wasted and the hamlets burned.

 

HAMLETED

a.Accustomed to a hamlet, or to a country life.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HAMLET

Ham "let, n. Etym: [OWE. hamelet, OF. hamelet, dim. of hamel, F.hameau, LL. hamellum, a dim. of German origin; cf. G. heim home. sq. root22 . See Home. ]

 

Defn: A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country. The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- Village; neighborhood. See Village.

 

HAMLETED

HAMLETED Ham "let *ed, p. a.

 

Defn: Confined to a hamlet. Feltham.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Hamlet

Ham let |ˈhamlit ˈhæmlət | a legendary prince of Denmark, hero of a tragedy by Shakespeare. PHRASES Hamlet without the Prince a performance or event taking place without the principal actor or central figure.

 

hamlet

ham let |ˈhamlit ˈhæmlət | ▶noun a small settlement, generally one smaller than a village. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French hamelet, diminutive of hamel ‘little village ’; related to home ( hām in Old English ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Hamlet

Ham ¦let |ˈhamlɪt | a legendary prince of Denmark, hero of a tragedy by Shakespeare. PHRASES Hamlet without the Prince a performance or event taking place without the principal actor or central figure.

 

hamlet

ham ¦let |ˈhamlɪt | ▶noun a small settlement, generally one smaller than a village, and strictly (in Britain ) one without a church. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French hamelet, diminutive of hamel ‘little village ’; related to home ( hám in Old English ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Hamlet

Ham let Eigenname |H a mlet |Dänenprinz der Sage

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Hamlet

Ham let /hǽmlət /名詞 ハムレット 〘Shakespeare作の代表的な悲劇; その主人公のデンマーク王子 〙.

 

hamlet

ham let /hǽmlət /名詞 C ｟英 ｠(教会 学校のない )小村 ; 小部落, 村 (→village ).