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golem

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See also: gołem, gólem, and Golem

English

Etymology

From Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Pronunciation

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.
    • 2016 December 25, Anne Roiphe, “Cynthia Ozick’s Golem Story Is a Fairy Tale of Sexual Obsession and Dentistry”, in The Forward‎:
      She is elected mayor through the help of a golem she creates out of the soil of the potted plants she keeps in her apartment.
    • 2025 April 4, Jasmine Valentine, “A Minecraft Movie has one stunning Easter egg you can’t afford to miss”, in Dexerto‎:
      “There was also stuff that we actually had to take out which would have ruined the plot of the movie,” he said of his favorite details. “Getting the angry old man in there was very important, and the woodland mansion. But also things like the iron golems turned out so well.”

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Pronunciation

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

Derived from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Pronunciation

Noun

golem m anim

  1. golem (creature from clay)

Declension

Declension of golem (hard masculine animate)
More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡoː.ləm/, /ˈɣoː.ləm/, (less common) /ˈɡoː.lɛm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: go‧lem

Noun

golem m (plural golems, diminutive golempje n)

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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.lɛm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔlɛm
  • Syllabification: go‧lem

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Noun

golem m pers

  1. (mythology) golem (creature)
Declension
Declension of golem
More information singular, plural ...

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

golem

  1. instrumental singular of gol

Further reading

  • golem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • golem in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 8 February 2021

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golěmъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡǒlem/
  • Hyphenation: go‧lem

Adjective

gòlem (Cyrillic spelling го̀лем, definite gòlemī)

  1. huge, giant, mammoth
    Synonyms: ogroman, gigantski, divovski
    • 1995, “Problem nezaposljenosti u informacijsko doba”, in Zbornik Pravnog Fakulteta u Zagrebu, volume 45, number 1, page 5:
      O znanstveno-tehnološkoj revoluciji i utjecaju ovog vrlo aktualnog procesa na ljudsko društvo publiciran je golem broj radova.
      An enormous number of works on the information-technological revolution and the influence of this very contemporary process on human society have been published.

Declension

More information singular, masculine ...
More information singular, masculine ...
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Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡolem/ [ˈɡo.lẽm]
  • Rhymes: -olem
  • Syllabification: go‧lem

Noun

golem m (plural golems)

  1. (mythology) alternative spelling of gólem (golem)

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