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Plural of hamlet

regular plural

The plural of hamlet is hamlets.

Forms of hamlet

Singularhamlet /ˈhæm.lɪt/
Pluralhamlets
Countablecountable

Hamlets in a sentence

  • Larval hamlets are similar to larval Serranus and spend several weeks in the plankton feeding on a variety of tiny crustaceans and invertebrates before metamorphosing and settling on to the reef.1980, Ronald E. Thresher, Reef Fish: Behavior and Ecology on the Reef and in the Aquarium
  • Some of the largest pukaras had substantial villages and hamlets around their base.2003, Charles Stanish, Ancient Titicaca: The Evolution of Complex Society in Southern Peru and Northern Bolivia, University of California…. From the entry pukara
  • The old hamlets, farmsteads, hermitages and mills have vanished without trace.1998, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Ronald Hingley, Five Plays, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 148. From the entry odd
  • The house and its policies (grounds) lie between what were once two or three separate hamlets.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 277, about Strachur. From the entry policy
  • Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 288. From the entry buffet

Meaning of hamlet

  1. noun A small settlement or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement smaller than a village.
  2. noun A village that does not have its own church.
  3. noun An unincorporated community of whatever size, lacking its own municipal government, but with defined boundaries.

Full definition of hamlet

Questions about the plural of hamlet

What is the plural of hamlet?
The plural of hamlet is hamlets.
Is hamlet countable?
Hamlet is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hamlet (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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