different between amulet vs talismen

English

Alternative forms

• amulette (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French amulette, from Latin amuletum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æm.j?.l?t/

Noun

amulet (plural amulets)

1. A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.

Translations

See also

• medallion
• rosary
• talisman

Anagrams

• Metula, metula, muleta, ulmate

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin amul?tum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.mu?l?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.mu?l?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.mu?let/

Noun

amulet m (plural amulets)

1. amulet

Further reading

• “amulet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amulet” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “amulet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amulet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Noun

amulet m

1. amulet

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French amulette, from Middle French amulete, from Latin amul?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.my?l?t/
• Hyphenation: amu?let
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

amulet f or m (plural amuletten, diminutive amuletje n)

1. amulet, talisman

Synonyms

• talisman

Descendants

• Afrikaans: amulet
• ? Indonesian: amulet

Anagrams

• muleta

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch amulet, from French amulette, from Middle French, from Latin amul?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?amu.l?t]
• Hyphenation: amu?lét

Noun

amulét (first-person possessive amuletku, second-person possessive amuletmu, third-person possessive amuletnya)

1. amulet, talisman

   Synonym: jimat

Further reading

• “amulet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

From French amulette, from Latin amul?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?mu.l?t/

Noun

amulet m inan

1. amulet

Declension

Further reading

• amulet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• amulet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am?let/
• Hyphenation: a?mu?let

Noun

amùlet m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. amulet

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amulé?t/

Noun

amul??t m inan

1. amulet

English

Etymology

Plural of talisman by erroneous analogy with man ? men; compare shamen.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: t??l?sm?n, IPA^(key): /?tal?sm?n/

Noun

talismen

1. (nonstandard) plural of talisman
   • 2004, James Fairhead, Melissa Leach, Mary Small, Childhood vaccination and society in the Gambia, page 20:

     Many parents also place a variety of talismen or safe (“jujus”) on their babies.

Anagrams

• Simental, ailments, aliments, manliest, melanist, melastin, mentalis, salt mine, saltmine, smaltine