Hamitic

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adjective

of or pertaining to the Hamites or to the Hamitic languages.

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Hamitic language
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Meanings

adjective
  1. of or pertaining to the Hamites or to the Hamitic languages.

    Miisi had worked hard in school to show that despite his Hamitic condition he was clever and could be good.

    2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 313
proper noun
  1. historicalA name formerly applied to those Afroasiatic languages that are not Semitic languages; a cover term (no longer used) for the Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, and Omotic languages.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic

Similar
Hamitic language
Broader
AfroasiaticAfro-AsiaticAfroasiatic language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Hamite + -ic.

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Translations

Bengali হামীয়
  • হামীয় (hamiẏô)relative to the Hamites
Finnish haamilainen
  • haamilainenrelative to the Hamites
French chamitique
  • chamitiquerelative to the Hamites
Italian camitico
  • camiticorelative to the Hamites
Polish chamicki
  • chamickirelative to the Hamites
Spanish camítico
  • camíticorelative to the Hamites
Cite this entry
APA

Hamitic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hamitic

MLA

“Hamitic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hamitic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hamitic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hamitic.

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