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Hamlet

Definition: Hamlet

Hamlet

Noun

1. A community of people smaller than a village.

2. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father.

3. A settlement smaller than a town.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hamlet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Hamlet

DomainDefinition

Biographical Satire

HAMLET, a Dane who had difficulty with an auxiliary verb. Also founded the foolish questions. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.

Literature

Hamlet A daft person (Icelandic, amlod'), one who is irresolute, and can do nothing fully. Shakespeare's play is based on the Danish story of Amleth' recorded in Saxo-Grammaticus. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang in 1811

HAMLET. A high constable. Cant. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Hamlet

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, a tragedy by William Shakespeare, one of his most well-known and oft-quoted plays.

Written between 1598 and the summer of 1602, this masterpiece of Elizabethan theatre first appeared in print in 1603 in a version known as the Bad Quarto, a pirated version with no authority. The authorised Second Quarto (Q2) followed shortly after the first, while a slightly altered and reduced version was published in the First Folio of Shakespeare's complete works. See Folios and Quartos (Shakespeare). The text in modern editions is a compromise between the Second Quarto text and the Folio text.

The play concerns the dilemma of prince Hamlet, whose father, King of Denmark, has recently died. Hamlet's uncle Claudius has taken the throne of Denmark following the King's death, and immediately married the widowed Queen of Denmark.

Hamlet expresses a profound dissatisfaction with the accession of the mediocre Claudius and particularly with his mother's hasty remarriage. Hamlet soon encounters the ghost of his dead father, who informs him that he was murdered by Claudius, and urges Hamlet to avenge him.

In theatre, Hamlet is possibly the most often produced work, in almost every western country, and it is considered a crucial test for mature actors; notably Hamlet's soliloquy (Act Three, Scene One), the most popular passage of this play, is so well known that it has become a stumbling-block for many modern actors. Depressed by events surrounding his uncle's apparent murder, he seems to contemplate suicide, then waxes philosophical on why people choose to live on despite the hardships of life.

The core of the plot in Hamlet, the disinherited Prince's plan of revenging his father's murder by feigning madness, is found in the Gesta Danorum by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus. A more immediate source, however, is the Histoires Tragiques de François de Belleforest (Paris, 1570). Belleforest was dependent on Saxo. However, an earlier version of Hamlet definitely existed, and a brief line from it was quoted by the pamphleteer and playwright Thomas Nashe. This earlier play has not survived, but the highly unusual structure of Shakespeare's play suggests that he at least began by revising an earlier play. Thomas Kyd has most frequently been suggested as the author of this lost Ur-Hamlet, but some scholars have suggested that Shakespeare himself might have written it at the beginning of his career.

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Cinema

According to the Internet Movie Database there have been 22 theatrical movies with the simple title Hamlet plus another 16 with that title that were made for TV. Another 50 productions have included this name as part of the title or have used a foreign language variation of the name.

The first such movie, Le Duel d'Hamlet, was produced and directed by Clément Maurice in France in 1900, and starred Sarah Bernhardt (reprising her stage role) as Hamlet. Pierre Magnier played Laertes.

1948: Hamlet, directed by Laurence Olivier

Received four Academy Awards

Best Picture - Laurence Olivier producer
Best Actor - Laurence Olivier as Hamlet
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White - Roger K. Furse
Best Art Direction, Set Decoration, Black-and-White - Carmen Dillon and Roger K. Furse

It was nominated for a further three awards

Best Director - Laurence Olivier
Best Supporting Actress - Jean Simmons as Ophelia
Best Music Score - William Walton

Notable other appearances include Patrick Troughton as the player king, Stanley Holloway as the gravedigger, Peter Cushing as Osric, Felix Aylmer as Polonius, Terence Morgan as Laertes, John Gielgud as the uncredited voice of the ghost, and Christopher Lee as an uncredited spear carrier.

1969: Hamlet, directed by Tony Richardson
Claudius played by Anthony Hopkins

1990: Hamlet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Hamlet played by Mel Gibson, Gertude played by Glenn Close

1996: Hamlet, directed by Kenneth Branagh
A "full text" version, this movie runs in excess of 3 hours.
Hamlet played by Kenneth Branagh

2000: Hamlet, directed by Michael Almereyda
Set in modern Manhattan

A hamlet is also a small inhabited place. While it is generally an unofficial term, in New York State and the Northwest Territories there are officially-designated municipalities, generally smaller than villages, classified as hamlets.

In the United Kingdom a hamlet is a small village that may or may not have its own church, but that does not form a parish in its own right.

There is also a city in the State of North Carolina named Hamlet: see Hamlet, North Carolina.

Disney's Lion King and Hamlet share many parallels, notably the murder of a king by his brother.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hamlet."

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Hamlet (1948 movie)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hamlet is a 1948 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet. It stars Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie and Jean Simmons, and was adapted by Olivier, Reginald Beck and Anthony Bushell. It was directed by Olivier.

The movie won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Laurence Olivier), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Roger K. Furse) and Best Picture. It was also nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jean Simmons), Best Director and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.

Herlie, who plays Hamlet's mother, was 28 years old when the movie was filmed. Olivier, who plays her son, was 41.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hamlet (1948 movie)."

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Hamlet (1990 movie)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hamlet was filmed in 1990 with Mel Gibson in the title role and Glenn Close as his mother, Queen Gertrude.

The sets really looked like a medieval Danish castle, and the English was modernized enough so you could follow the story.

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Hamlet (1996 movie)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hamlet was Kenneth Branagh's chance to direct and star in the Shakespearean classic. With 18th or 19th century costuming and furnishings, the play suffered from some loss of realism. But purists got the full text of the play, with all the psychological and philosophical ruminations and political machinations of the original delivered rapid-fire.

See also: Hamlet -- the original play, Hamlet (1990 movie)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hamlet (1996 movie)."

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Hamlet (2000 movie)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hamlet was re-made in 2000, in contemporary Manhattan, starring Ethan Hawke as a film student with a laptop and Julia Stiles as his pouty girlfriend. Hamlet's dad is CEO of Denmark Corporation, having taken over the firm by killing his brother.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hamlet (2000 movie)."

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Hamlet, Indiana

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hamlet is a town located in Starke County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 820.

Geography


Hamlet is located at 41°22'54" North, 86°35'5" West (41.381708, -86.584697)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and 1.03% is water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 820 people, 307 households, and 225 families residing in the town. The population density is 326.4/km² (849.5/mi²). There are 336 housing units at an average density of 133.7/km² (348.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.05% White, 0.12% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.49% Pacific Islander, 0.24% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. 1.34% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 307 households out of which 40.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% are married couples living together, 12.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% are non-families. 21.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.67 and the average family size is 3.08. In the town the population is spread out with 30.9% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 103.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 96.2 males. The median income for a household in the town is $30,750, and the median income for a family is $36,389. Males have a median income of $28,036 versus $20,921 for females. The per capita income for the town is $12,811. 17.3% of the population and 15.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 23.1% are under the age of 18 and 15.0% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hamlet, Indiana."

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Hamlet, Nebraska

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hamlet is a village located in Hayes County, Nebraska. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 54.

Geography


Hamlet is located at 40°23'8" North, 101°14'7" West (40.385419, -101.235370)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 54 people, 27 households, and 14 families residing in the village. The population density is 63.2/km² (163.5/mi²). There are 35 housing units at an average density of 41.0/km² (106.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 98.15% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.85% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 1.85% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 27 households out of which 14.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% are married couples living together, 0.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 48.1% are non-families. 48.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 22.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.00 and the average family size is 2.93. In the village the population is spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 0.0% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 24.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 46 years. For every 100 females there are 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.4 males. The median income for a household in the village is $16,667, and the median income for a family is $43,438. Males have a median income of $16,250 versus $16,250 for females. The per capita income for the village is $12,704. 8.3% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hamlet, Nebraska."

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Hamlet, North Carolina

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Hamlet is a city located in Richmond County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 6,018.

On September 3, 1991, a grease fire broke out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant in the city, killing 25 people.

Geography

Hamlet is located at 34°53'17" North, 79°42'22" West (34.887936, -79.706201)1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.3 km² (5.1 mi²). 13.1 km² (5.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.75% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 6,018 people, 2,453 households, and 1,682 families residing in the city. The population density is 460.1/km² (1,192.4/mi²). There are 2,738 housing units at an average density of 209.3/km² (542.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 61.85% White, 34.51% African American, 1.61% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.48% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. 1.26% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 2,453 households out of which 30.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% are married couples living together, 20.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% are non-families. 28.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.44 and the average family size is 2.98.

In the city the population is spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 88.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 80.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $29,013, and the median income for a family is $36,234. Males have a median income of $28,958 versus $23,397 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,764. 22.2% of the population and 18.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 33.9% are under the age of 18 and 18.2% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hamlet, North Carolina."

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Synonyms: Hamlet

Synonyms: crossroads (n), village (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Hamlet

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Abode

Hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse; ghetto.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Hamlet

English words defined with "hamlet": DorpExeuntHamletedmisinterpret, misreadreappearance, returnSaxo GrammaticusVillage cart. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hamlet": BellsCock-crowDicers' Oaths, Drink DeepFools, Funeral BanquetGags, Gertrude, Glass Slipper, Grave-diggers, GroundlingsHabit is Second Nature, Hammel, Hawk and Handsaw, Hoodman Blind, Horatio, Hunting two HaresJohn-a-Dreams, JuvenilesKin, Kind, King of Shreds and Patches, Kings have Long HandsLynchnobiansNarrow HouseOphelia, Or Ever, Owl was a Baker's DaughterPetard', Pickers andStealers, Pigeon, Pigeons, Polonius, Pursy, PursinessRazed Shoes, Roasting One, Rosencrantz and GuildensternStowe Nine Churches, Swear by my Sword, SwitzersTOMWithers of a HorseYORICK. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Hamlet" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (hamlet), German (hamlet), Hungarian (hamlet), Serbo-Croatian (hamlet).

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Modern Usage: Hamlet

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I think I remember Hamlet accurately (Clueless; writing credit: Amy Heckerling.)

Ford! there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about the script for Hamlet they just worked out. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd)

I laugh at Hamlet. (Directed by William Wyler; writing credit: Euzhan Palcy; Jean Rouch)

That was very good Captain, I mean except our Hamlet has an alibi (The Division; writing credit: Guglielmo Enea; Marcello Fois)

What he did to Hamlet, we are now doing to Poland (To Be or Not to Be; writing credit: Ronny Graham; Ernst Lubitsch)

Movie/TV Titles

Hamlet (1974)

A Gay Hamlet (1967)

Enter Hamlet (1965)

Hamlet (1964)

Edgar Hamlet (1935)

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Commercial Usage: Hamlet

DomainTitle

Books

  • Hamlet (Shakespeare Made Easy: Modern English Version Side-By-Side With Full Original Text) (reference)

  • Hamlet : For Kids (Shakespeare Can Be Fun series) (reference)

  • Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace (reference)

  • Snopes: The Hamlet, the Town, the Mansion/Three Novels in 1 (reference)

  • The Children's Shakespeare: As You Like It, Hamlet, King Lear, a Midsummer Night's Dream, Pericles, Romeo & Juliet, and the Winter's Tale [UNABRIDGED] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Hamlet (reference)

  • Hamlet - Criterion Collection (reference)

  • Hamlet / Kline, New York Shakespeare Festival (Broadway Theatre Archive) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Hamlet

Photos:
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Photo Album: Hamlet

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Butter hamlet fish with sea rods. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Hamlet and Laertes : a fit. Credit: Library of Congress.

Still am I called, unhand me, gentlemen ... Hamlet. Credit: Library of Congress.

E.H. Sothern as "Hamlet" / photo. by Schloss, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Crossroads hamlet after a rain. Culbreth, Granville County, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.

Folger Library copy work. Gravure of Henry Irving as Hamlet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hamlet house, Chevy Chase Land Co. Bedroom with canopied bed, Hamlet house. Credit: Library of Congress.

Edwin Booth as Hamlet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Robert B. Mantell. Hamlet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Thos. W. Keene. Hamlet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Hamlet
 

"Hamlet" by Julia Eisenberg
Commentary: "Hamlet."
"The Castle of Kronborg - Denma" by Line Madsen
Commentary: "Home of Shakespeare´s Hamlet. Taken from seaside."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Hamlet

AuthorQuotation

Thomas Gray

Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Hamlet

AuthorDateQuotation

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1963

When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1959)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Hamlet

TitleAuthorQuote

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

"Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out!"

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Hamlet

"Hamlet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 56.81% of the time. "Hamlet" is used about 564 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)56.81%32116,086
Noun (proper)43.19%24419,120
                    Total100.00%564N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Hamlet

The following table summarizes the usage of "hamlet" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
HamletLast name1,0008,830
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Cities: Hamlet


1. Hamlet, IN (town, FIPS 30708)
Location: 41.37849 N, 86.58317 W
Population (1990): 789 (308 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 46532
Country: USA


2. Hamlet, NC (city, FIPS 29160)
Location: 34.88959 N, 79.70932 W
Population (1990): 6196 (2687 housing units)
Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 28345
Country: USA


3. Hamlet, ND
Zip Code(s): 58795
Country: USA


4. Hamlet, NE (village, FIPS 20750)
Location: 40.38443 N, 101.23490 W
Population (1990): 60 (46 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 69031
Country: USA

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Expression: Hamlet

Expressions using "hamlet": Carmel Hamlet Newfield Hamlet. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "hamlet": hamlet-like.

Ending with "hamlet": Michael-in-the-hamlet.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hamlet

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hamlet

1,840

hamlet nc

31

hamlet kingdom tower united

182

hamlet home

30

shakespeare hamlet

176

free essay hamlet

27

hamlet quote

135

hamlet script

26

hamlet summary

134

quote from hamlet

24

hamlet essay

114

hamlet tragic hero

23

hamlet picture

106

hamlet text

21

hamburger hamlet

59

hamlet play

20

hamlet theme

56

hamlet synopsis

20

william shakespeare hamlet

53

hamlet study guide

19

hamlet character

51

hamlet revenge

18

hamlet soliloquy

47

tower hamlet

18

hamlet summerhaven

47

mel gibson hamlet

17

hamlet to be or not to be

42

theme in hamlet

17

airfare to hamlet

42

hamlet in

16

hamlet movie

36

hamlet soliloquies

16

hamlet tapestry

36

hamlet madness

15

cliff note hamlet

35

hamlet horatio

15

hamlet ophelia

34

hamlet by shakespeare

15

hamlet note

31

hamlet review

13
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Modern Translation: Hamlet

Language Translations for "hamlet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

katundth, fshat i vogël. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كفر قرية, ‏قرية صغيرة (small village). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

селце (thorp). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

村莊 (village), 小村庄. (various references)

   

Czech

  

vesnièka, víska, osada (colony, plantation, settlement). (various references)

   

Danish

  

flaekke. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gehucht (township), vlek (blot, spot, township), buurtschap (township). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

vilaĝeto (township). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نام قهرمان ونمایشنامه شکسپیر, دهی که دران کلیسانباشد, دهکده (Borough, Stead, Village). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kylä (village). (various references)

   

French

  

hameau. (various references)

   

German

  

weiler, Teich (pond, pool), Dörfchen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χωριουδάκι. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

כפרון, כפר קטן. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

falucska (dorp, thorp). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pedukuhan (cluster of hamlets, pertaining to the hamlet). (various references)

   

Italian

  

paesello (township). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

郷邑 (village), 邑落 , 村落 (settlement, village). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きょうゆう (accomplished villain, chivalry, enjoyment, gallantry, joint ownership, possession, ringleader, share, village), そんらく (settlement, village), ゆうらく (amusement). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

작은 마을. (various references)

   

Manx

  

claghan (cluster of houses, small stone, stepping stones), balley beg (homestead, settlement, village). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amlethay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

vila (borough, city, place, town, township, villa, village), lugarejo (thorp, township). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

sãtuc, cãtun (settlement). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

селение, деревушка;гамлет, деревушка, деревня (country, countryside, dorp, settlement, thorp, village). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

clachan (kirk or kirk town, village, village. See <A HREF="mf03.html#clach">clach</A>), àrloch. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

hamlet, zaselak. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pueblecito (township). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

liten by. (various references)

   

Thai

  

หมู่บ้านเล็กๆ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

küçük köy. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

селище (settlement, township), хутір. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

xóm (quarter, thorp, thorpe), thôn, làng nhỏ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Hamlet

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

e-duru. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

vici, vicis, vico, vicos, viculi, viculis, viculos, vicum, vicus, villa. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hamlet

Derivations

Words beginning with "hamlet": hamlets. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Hamlet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amleto, Chamlay, chamlet, Hadlich, halme, halmet, Hamal, hamelet, Hamet, Hamiet, Hammet, hammle, hammlet, Hammnet, hamulate, hamuli, hanel, hanglet, hanlet, harlet, harlett, haultech, Himler, hmlt, htmet, Hulett, Hunslete, Mahlzeit. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Hamlet"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "hamlet" (pronounced ha"mlut)
4-m l u tboomlet, omelet.
3-l u tamulet, anklet, appellate, articulate, autopilot, ballot, billet, booklet, bracelet, branchlet, bullet, Charlotte, chocolate, collet, consulate, copilot, immaculate, inarticulate, desolate, droplet, emasculate, eyelet, Gantlet, gauntlet, giblet, goblet, gullet, harlot, helot, inviolate, lancelet, leaflet, mallet, Merlot, Millet, mullet, palate, palette, pallet, pamphlet, particulate, pellet, piglet, pilot, platelet, prelate, quintuplet, scarlet, sextuplet, skillet, starlet, tablet, template, templet, toilet, triplet, ultraviolet, Violet, wallet, zealot.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Hamlet

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-l-m-t"

-1 letter: almeh, hemal, lathe, metal.

-2 letters: ahem, alme, eath, haem, haet, hale, halm, halt, hame, hate, heal, heat, helm, lame, late, lath, male, malt, mate, math, meal, meat, melt, meta, meth, tael, tale, tame, teal, team, tela, thae, them.

-3 letters: ale, alt, ate, eat, elm, eta, eth, hae, ham, hat, hem, het, lam, lat.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-l-m-t"
 

+1 letter: hamlets, hematal, thermal.

 

+2 letters: haematal, halftime, hamulate, helpmate, hotelman, lithemia, megalith, methanol, methylal, pamphlet, thermals.

 

+3 letters: alchemist, ethmoidal, halftimes, haulmiest, helpmates, hemelytra, humiliate, lithemias, loathsome, lunchmeat, malachite, matchable, matchless, megaliths, methanols, methylals, methylase, methylate, pamphlets, shmaltzes, thermally.

 

+4 letters: alchemists, alightment, ethambutol, exothermal, fathomable, fathomless, geothermal, habiliment, haustellum, hematology, hemiacetal, hermetical, homologate, humiliated, humiliates, isothermal, largemouth, lunchmeats, malachites, megalithic, mesothelia, metalsmith, methodical, methylases, methylated, methylates, methylator, methyldopa, mothballed, motherland, multiphase, myelopathy, nonthermal, phlegmatic, schmaltzes, schoolmate, semilethal, shmaltzier, thermalize, thimerosal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Usage Frequency
13. Names: Frequency
14. Cities
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Derivations
20. Rhymes
21. Anagrams
22. Bibliography


  

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