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hameau.

hamlet

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/a.mo/

  1. hamlet

    masculine
    J’habite dans la cité, moi, mais mon ami-ci habite dans le hameau.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French hamel, from Old French hamel (“hamlet”), diminutive of ham (“small village”), from Frankish *haim (“village, home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), from *tḱey-. Cognate with Old High German heim (“village, home”), Old English hām (“village, home”). More at home.

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