different between talismen vs talisman

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

English

Etymology

From French talisman, partly from Arabic ???????? (?ilasm), from Ancient Greek ??????? (télesma, “payment”); and partly directly from Byzantine Greek ??????? (télesma, “talisman, religious rite, completion”), from ????? (telé?, “to perform religious rites, to complete”), from ????? (télos, “end, fulfillment, accomplishment, consummation, completion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæl.?s?mæn/, /?tæl.?z.m?n/

Noun

talisman (plural talismans)

1. A magical object providing protection against ill will, or the supernatural, or conferring the wearer with a boon such as good luck, good health, or power(s).

Derived terms

• talismen (non-standard plural)

See also

• amulet
• apotropaic
• medallion
• rosary

Translations

Gallery

Anagrams

• natalism, staminal

Danish

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (?ilasm), from Ancient Greek ??????? (télesma).

Noun

talisman c (singular definite talismanen, plural indefinite talismaner)

1. talisman

Inflection

See also

• amulet
• fetich

References

• “talisman” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French talisman, from Arabic ???????? (?ilasm), from Ancient Greek ??????? (télesma).

• 1644, Johan de Brune, de Jonge, Wetsteen der vernuften, publ. by Iacob Lescaille, page 46.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?.l?s?m?n/
• Hyphenation: ta?lis?man

Noun

talisman m (plural talismans or talismannen, diminutive talismannetje n)

1. talisman, amulet [from 17th c.]

French

Noun

talisman m (plural talismans)

1. talisman

   Synonym: amulette

Hyponyms

• grigri

Descendants

• ? Catalan: talismà
• ? English: talisman
• ? Galician: talismán
• ? Portuguese: talismã
• ? Spanish: talismán

Further reading

• “talisman” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French talisman

Noun

talisman n (plural talismane)

1. talisman

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French talisman or Spanish talismán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tal?sma?n/
• Hyphenation: ta?lis?man

Noun

talìsm?n m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. talisman

Declension

References

• “talisman” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal