hobbit

== English == === Etymology 1 === Coined in its current sense by J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1930s, featured in the novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Jocularly etymologized by him as from a hypothetical Old English *holbytla (literally “hole-builder”), from hol (“hole”) +‎ bytlan (“to build”) +‎ -a (“-er”). Tolkien was possibly influenced by similar terms for house-sprites (probably from Hob, a hypocoristic form of Robert), or an isolated mention of hobbits (with hobgoblins following immediately afterwards) in a list of sprites and bogies from the 19th-century Denham Tracts. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɒbɪt/, [-ɪʔ] Rhymes: -ɒbɪt ==== Noun ==== hobbit (plural hobbits or (humorous) hobbitses) A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet. [from 20th c.] Synonym: halfling (humorous) A person of short stature. An extinct species of hominin, Homo floresiensis, with a short body and relatively small brain, fossils of which have been recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores. [from 21st c.] 2007 September 20, Christopher Joyce, “Case Grows for ‘Hobbit’ as Human Ancestor”, All Things Considered, National Public Radio: Although partial remains of other Hobbits have surfaced at the same site, they say it could have been an isolated colony of inbred people who shared the same genetic abnormalities. (US, slang, uncommon) A socially unappealing, overly academic student. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== halfling === Etymology 2 === Probably from hoppet, hobbet (“basket”). ==== Noun ==== hobbit (plural hobbits) A Welsh unit of weight, equal to four Welsh pecks, or 168 pounds. (archaic) An old unit of volume (2+1⁄2 bushels, the volume of 168 pounds of wheat). == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhobːit] Hyphenation: hob‧bit Rhymes: -it === Etymology 1 === hobbi +‎ -t ==== Noun ==== hobbit accusative singular of hobbi === Etymology 2 === From English hobbit; coined by J.R.R. Tolkien. ==== Noun ==== hobbit (plural hobbitok) hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet) Synonym: (the name of this creature in a different translation) babó ===== Declension ===== == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hobbit; coined by J.R.R. Tolkien. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔb.bit/ Hyphenation: hòb‧bit === Noun === hobbit m (invariable) hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English hobbit; coined by J.R.R. Tolkien. === Noun === hobbit m (definite singular hobbiten, indefinite plural hobbiter, definite plural hobbitene) hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English hobbit; coined by J.R.R. Tolkien. === Noun === hobbit m (definite singular hobbiten, indefinite plural hobbitar, definite plural hobbitane) hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet) == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hobbit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɔb.bit/ Rhymes: -ɔbbit Syllabification: hob‧bit === Noun === hobbit m animal or m pers (female equivalent hobbitka, related adjective hobbicki) (fantasy) hobbit, halfling (member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet) ==== Declension ==== or === Further reading === hobbit in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hobbit; coined by J.R.R. Tolkien. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hobbit m or f by sense (plural hobbits) hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hobbit; coined by J.R.R. Tolkien. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxobit/ [ˈxo.β̞it̪] Rhymes: -obit === Noun === hobbit m (plural hobbits) hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== References ==== hobbit on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es