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Definition: Talisman |
TalismanNoun1. A trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "talisman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you wear a talisman, implies you will have pleasant companions and enjoy favors from the rich. For a young woman to dream her lover gives her one, denotes she will obtain her wishes concerning marriage. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
Talisman | English | Transfer,Accounting,Lodgement for Investors,Stock Management for jobbers | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: TalismanSynonym: amulet (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Scepter | Key, signet, seals, talisman; helm; reins; (means of restraint). |
Spell | Talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei; furcula, madstone; mascot, mascotte; merrythought; Om, Aum; scarab, scarabaeus; sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot, gammadion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Talisman |
| English words defined with "talisman": Scarabee ♦ Talismanical, Talismans. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "talisman": Alans, Alectorian Stone, Armi da ♦ Canvas City ♦ Knight of the Couching Leopard ♦ Over Edom will I cast my Shoe ♦ Rosamond. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "talisman": Telesm. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Talisman" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (charm, mascot, talisman), French (talisman), German (charm, charm lucky, lucky charm, mascot, talisman), Romanian (amulet, charm, Joss, mascot, periapt, talisman), Serbo-Croatian (talisman), Swedish (talisman). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's my talisman. It protects me from the Horseman. (Sleepy Hollow; writing credit: Kevin Yagher) Xander must've broken the talisman. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) But you needed it, so that's why I followed you. I had to be sure you reached the talisman (Red Sonja; writing credit: Robert E. Howard; Clive Exton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Talisman (1966) Talisman (1991) Moj talisman Khrani menya (1986) Talisman (1983) The Talisman (1980) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
John Quincy Adams | Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. |
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Economic History | Trinidad | Many non-American oil companies are also investing in hydrocarbon exploration, including Elf (France), Agip (Italy), Repsol (Spain), Deminex, Talisman (Canada), BHP (Australia) and British Gas. (references) |
Political Economy | Sudan | In 2000 Talisman officials had acknowledged that the Government launched helicopter gunship attacks on civilian settlements in the oil company's operational area. (references) |
Sudan | In May 2000, soldiers who defected from the armed forces testified before members of a fact finding human rights NGO that they were ordered to participate in ground attacks and were instructed to kill civilians in non-government and SPLA controlled villages in the Talisman oil concession area in the Western Upper Nile region in 2000; there were similar reports during the year. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Talisman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Talisman" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 65 | 41,645 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Canada | Talisman Energy Inc | United Kingdom | Talisman First Venture Capital Trust P.L.C. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
talisman | 446 |
talisman energy | 113 |
desktop talisman | 66 |
talisman board game | 51 |
center talisman | 43 |
talisman amulet | 35 |
talisman theme | 30 |
game talisman | 28 |
talisman resort | 15 |
calgary center talisman | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "talisman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | amulet (amulet, charm). (various references) | |
Albanian | hajmali (charm). (various references) | |
Arabic | فال سعد, تميمة (incantation, phylactery), تعويذة (abracadabra, amulet, charm, exorcism, incantation, mascot, phylactery, voodoo), طلسم. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | талисман (amulet, charm, mascot, medicine, phylactery), амулет (amulet, mascot, phylactery). (various references) | |
Chinese | 符 (mark, sign, symbol, tally, to coincide, to correspond, to seal, written charm). (various references) | |
Czech | talisman (charm, mascot). (various references) | |
Dutch | amulet (amulet, charm). (various references) | |
Esperanto | amuleto (amulet, charm). (various references) | |
Farsi | تعویذ, طلسم (Abracadabra, Amulet, Charm, Glamor, Glamour, Incantation, Juju, Ligature, Spell), جادوگرانه , جادو (Glamor, Glamour, Incantation, Magic, Spell, Weird, Wizard). (various references) | |
Finnish | taikakalu (amulet, charm), taikaisku (amulet, charm). (various references) | |
French | talisman, amulette. (various references) | |
German | Amulett (amulet, charm, phylactery). (various references) | |
Greek | ένορκοσ (juror, juryman), φυλακτό (amulet, charm, phylactery), φυλαχτό (amulet, charm). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קמיע (amulet, cameo, mascot), אבן תקומ" (cameo), טליסמ". (various references) | |
Hungarian | talizmán (amulet, charm, luck, mascot), amulett (amulet, charm, periapt), érem (amulet, charm, coin, medal). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jimat (amulet, mascot, relic). (various references) | |
Italian | talismano (mascot), portafortuna (lucky charm, mascot). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 護符 (amulet, charm), "除け (amulet, charm against evil spirits), 縁起物 (lucky charm), 札 (card, charm, label, note, paper money, ticket, token), 守り (charm, defense, protection, safeguard), タバコモザイク病 (sound like tapping a soft belly, tab, tablet, tabloid, taboo, talc, thallium, tobacco mosaic, tough, toughness). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | まもり (charm, defense, protection, safeguard), まよけ (amulet, charm against evil spirits), ふ (card, charm, label, ticket, token), "ふ (amulet, charm), タリスマン , え"ぎもの (lucky charm). (various references) | |
Manx | rhusag (lucky charm, mascot). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alismantay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | talismã (amulet, charm, phylactery). (various references) | |
Romanian | talisman (amulet, charm, Joss, mascot, periapt), amuletã (amulet, charm, periapt, phylactery). (various references) | |
Russian | талисман (amulet, joss, mascot). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | talisman, amajlija (amulet, periapt). (various references) | |
Spanish | talismán (amulet, charm, mascot, medicine, periapt). (various references) | |
Swedish | talisman, maskot (mascot), amulett (amulet, charm, juju, phylactery). (various references) | |
Thai | เครื่องราง (juju). (various references) | |
Turkish | tılsım (amulet, charm, spell). (various references) | |
Turkmen | alaja (talisman of camel hair). (various references) | |
Ukranian | талісман (amulet, charm, mascot). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phù, bùa (amulet, manitou, periapt, talismanic). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | phylacterium, præbia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "talisman": talismanic, talismanically, talismans. (additional references) | |
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"Talisman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alishan, Alisma, Calisma, Raisman, tailisman, tailsman, talisma, talismen, tallisman, tallsman, Teiman, Toliman, Vaisman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "talisman" (pronounced ta"lusmun) |
| 5 | -u s m u n | congressman. |
| 4 | -s m u n | baseman, chessman, craftsman, craftsmen, desman, draftsman, draftsmen, horseman, horsemen, houseman, huntsman, marksman, messman, policeman, pressman, spokesman, sportsman, statesman, yachtsman. |
| 3 | -m u n | abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, determine, Dolman, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, human, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokeswoman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: staminal. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-m-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: animals, laminas, manilas, matinal, stamina. | |
-2 letters: alants, animal, animas, aslant, atmans, instal, lamias, lamina, lanais, lianas, limans, manats, manias, manila, mantas, mantis, matins, nasial, salami, salina, smalti, tamals. | |
-3 letters: alans, alant, alias, alist, almas, amain, amias, amins, amnia, anils, anima, anlas, antas, antis, atlas, atman, atmas, lamas, lamia, lanai, liana, liman, limas, limns, lints, litas, mails, mains, maist, malts, manas, manat, mania, manta, matin, milts, minas, mints, nails, nasal, natal, saint, salmi, satin, slain, slant, smalt, snail, stain, tails, tains, talas, tamal, tamis. | |
-4 letters: aals, ails, aims, ains, aits, alan, alas, alit, alma, alms, alts, amas, amia, amin, amis, anal, anas, anil, anis, ansa, anta, anti, ants, atma, lain, lama, lams, last, lati, lats, lima, limn, lins, lint, list, lits, mail, main, malt, mana, mans, mast, mats, mils, milt, mina, mint, mist, nail, nils, nims, nits, sail, sain, salt, sati, sial, silt, sima, slam, slat, slim, slit, smit, snit, tail, tain, tala, tali, tams, tans, tils, tins. | |
-5 letters: aal, aas, ail, aim, ain, ais, ait, ala, als, alt, ama, ami, ana, ani, ant, ins, ism, its, lam, las, lat, lin, lis, lit, man, mas, mat, mil, mis, nam, nil, nim, nit, sal, sat, sim, sin, sit, tam, tan, tas, til, tin, tis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-m-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: atonalism, calamints, claimants, laminates, mantillas, talismans. | |
+2 letters: almandites, aluminates, atonalisms, dalmatians, lambasting, laminators, malathions, naturalism, palmations, semantical, talismanic. | |
+3 letters: ambulations, animalistic, animalities, antimonials, antimusical, antirealism, calumniates, complaisant, delaminates, glutaminase, laminations, maculations, manipulates, martingales, maternalism, mediastinal, metanalysis, nationalism, naturalisms, parliaments, paternalism, rationalism, seminatural, stalemating, summational, transmittal. | |
+4 letters: acclamations, acclimations, amontillados, anecdotalism, antiblackism, anticlimaxes, antirealisms, assimilating, assimilation, astronomical, calumniators, charlatanism, complainants, declamations, disclamation, emasculating, emasculation, exclamations, factionalism, fraternalism, glutaminases, kleptomanias, lacrimations, lactalbumins, lamentations, malefactions, malversation, manipulators, materialness, maternalisms, matriculants, microanalyst, mistranslate, monastically, nationalisms, paternalisms, planetariums, planetesimal, platemakings, rationalisms, reclamations, salvationism, semantically, transmittals, ultramarines, unmistakable, unmistakably. | |
+5 letters: abnormalities, acclimatising, accumulations, administrable, alimentations, amalgamations, ameliorations, amenabilities, analphabetism, anecdotalisms, antiblackisms, antiformalist, antimalarials, antiritualism, assimilations, balletomanias, calumniations, campanologist, charlatanisms, complaisantly, craftsmanlike, delaminations, disclamations, emasculations, ethanolamines, factionalisms, flagellantism, fraternalisms, galactosamine, gastronomical, gymnastically, implantations, inflammations, intramuscular, irrationalism, kleptomaniacs, malabsorption, maladminister, maladroitness, malformations, malversations, manipulations, marginalities, materialising, melanizations, microanalysts, misallocating, misallocation, miscataloging, misevaluating, misevaluation, mistranslated, mistranslates, moralizations, onomastically, planetesimals, proclamations, salvationisms, statesmanlike, transmittable, unassimilated, vocationalism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6C 69 73 6D 61 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- .-.. .. ... -- .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01101101 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a l i s m a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006C 0069 0073 006D 0061 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5467787585796780 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Company Usage 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Abbreviations 15. Acronyms 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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