goblin

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English gobelyn, from Old Northern French gobelin (compare Norman goubelin, Walloon gobelin), possibly a blend of Old Dutch *kobeholdo (“goblin”) (compare Dutch kabouter, German Kobold) and Late Latin cobalus (“mountain sprite”), from Ancient Greek κόβαλος (kóbalos, “rogue, knave; goblin”). Displaced native Old English pūca from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒb.lɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑb.lɪn/ Homophone: GOBLin Rhymes: -ɒblɪn Hyphenation: gob‧lin === Noun === goblin (plural goblins) (fantasy) A malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:goblin c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665): From yͤ hagg & hungry Goblin,yͭ into raggs would rend yee,& yͤ spirit yͭ stand’s by yͤ naked man,in yͤ booke of moones defend yee (geology) A hoodoo. Short for goblin shark ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Boglin, Boling, globin, lobing == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English goblin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.blin/ Rhymes: -ɔblin Syllabification: go‧blin === Noun === goblin m animal (fantasy) goblin (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === goblin in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === goblin m anim (Cyrillic spelling гоблин) goblin ==== Declension ==== == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English goblin. === Noun === goblin (definite accusative goblini, plural goblinler) goblin ==== Declension ====