hameau

Meaning

hamlet

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.mo/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French hamel, from Old French hamel (“hamlet”), diminutive of ham (“small village”), from Frankish *haim (“village, home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), from *tḱey-. Cognate with Old High German heim (“village, home”), Old English hām (“village, home”). More at home.

Sentences

Avant la fusion des communes , le hameau faisait partie de la commune de Comblain-Fairon.

Before the merger of the communes, the hamlet was part of the commune of Comblain-Fairon.

La localité de Mondrecourt a la taille d'un hameau .

The town of Mondrecourt is the size of a hamlet.