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English

Alternative forms

• homonculus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin homunculus, diminutive of hom? (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /h??m??kj?l?s/, /ho??m??kj?l?s/

Noun

homunculus (plural homunculi)

1. A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.
2. The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.

Citations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:homunculus.

Derived terms

• cortical homunculus

Related terms

• homo
• homunculine

Translations

See also

• manikin

References

• homunculus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• homunculus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• homunculus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Etymology

From hom?, hominis +? -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ho?mun.ku.lus/, [h??m??k????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o?mun.ku.lus/, [??mu?kulus]

Noun

homunculus m (genitive homuncul?); second declension

1. Diminutive of hom? (“man”).
2. a little or weak man, homunculus
3. (rare) a dwarf

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• homunculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• homunculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• homunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin homunculus

Noun

homunculus m (plural homunculu?i)

1. homunculus

Declension

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