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English

Etymology

From Hebrew ???? \ ??????? (gólem).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????l?m/, /???l?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??o?l?m/, /???l?m/

Noun

golem (plural golems)

1. (mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
2. (by extension, fantasy) A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic.

Translations

See also

• tulpa
• shikigami

Further reading

• golem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gomel, glome

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Hebrew ???? \ ??????? (gólem).

Noun

golem (plural golems)

1. (biblical) a formless mass; embrio
2. (mythology) golem; a creature made from mud and clay and brought to life through magic
3. an inept or helpless person

Czech

Etymology

From Hebrew ???? \ ??????? (gólem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ol?m]
• Rhymes: -ol?m

Noun

golem m

1. golem (creature from clay)

Further reading

• golem in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• golem in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew ???? \ ??????? (gólem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??o?.l?m/, /??o?.l?m/, (less common) /??o?.l?m/
• Hyphenation: go?lem

Noun

golem m (plural golems, diminutive golempje n)

1. (folklore, fiction) A golem, a clay automaton. [from 18th c.]

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.l?m/

Etymology 1

From Hebrew ???? \ ??????? (gólem).

Noun

golem m pers

1. (mythology) golem (creature)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

golem

1. instrumental singular of gol

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gol?m?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lem/
• Hyphenation: go?lem

Adjective

gòlem (definite gòlem?, Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. huge, giant, mammoth

Declension

Synonyms

• ogroman
• gigantski
• divovski

Spanish

Etymology

From Hebrew ???? \ ??????? (gólem).

Noun

golem m (plural golems)

1. (mythology) golem

Finnish

Noun

pekka

1. (colloquial) Used in the idiom ei halunnut olla pekkaa pahempi (“did not want to be worse than others”).
2. Used in the idiom tehdä n:ään pekkaan (“do something in a group of n”).

Declension

Derived terms

• onnenpekka
• ryysypekka