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Old French
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Etymology
Diminutive form of hamel, from ham (“village”), borrowed from Frankish *haim (“home, village”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.
Noun
hamelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural hamelez or hameletz, nominative singular hamelez or hameletz, nominative plural hamelet)
- hamlet (small settlement)
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