Hamlet

From Latin Amlethus, as written by 13th-century Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus, and borrowed into English by way of François de Belleforest's French Hamlet, originally rendered as Hamblet in English. Ultimately from Old Danish Amlethæ, corresponding to Old Norse Amlóði (“fool”), claimed to be suggestive of the way that Hamlet acts in the play, from ama (“to annoy”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhæm.lɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhæm.lət/
• Rhymes: (UK) -æmlɪt
• Homophone: hamlet

Hamlet

1. A William Shakespeare play about the Danish royal family.
2. The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.
3. A male given name.
4. A surname.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Marin County, California.
   2. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Illinois.
   3. A town in Starke County, Indiana, named after John Hamlet.
   4. A village in Hayes County, Nebraska, so-named as it was regarded as a hamlet.
   5. A hamlet in Chautauqua County, New York.
   6. A city in Richmond County, North Carolina.
   7. An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, regarded as a hamlet.
   8. An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, so-named for its small size.
6. A locality in Alberta, Canada, named after William Hamlet.

• Hamletic
• Hamletian
• Hamletism

• Eltham, Lathem, Thelma, methal

From English Hamlet.

• IPA^(key): /am.lɛ/

Hamlet m

1. Hamlet

Unadapted borrowing from English Hamlet.

Hamlet m

1. Hamlet (the main character of the play Hamlet)

• IPA^(key): /ˈxamlet/ [ˈxãm.let̪]
• Rhymes: -amlet

Hamlet m

1. Hamlet (the main character of the play Hamlet)