hobbit

Etymology 1
Coined in its current sense by in the 1930s, featured in the novels ' and '. Jocularly etymologized by him as from a hypothetical. Tolkien was possibly influenced by similar terms for house-sprites (probably from, a hypocoristic form of ), or an isolated mention of hobbits (with following immediately afterwards) in a list of sprites and bogies from the 19th-century .

Noun

 * 1) A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
 * 2) An extinct species of hominin,, with a short body and relatively small brain, fossils of which have been recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores.
 * 3) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.

Derived terms

 * hobbitic
 * hobbitish
 * hobbitlike
 * hobbitness
 * hobbitry
 * hobbity

Translations

 * Arabic: هُوبِيت
 * Bengali: হবিট
 * Breton: hobbit
 * Bulgarian: хо́бит
 * Catalan: hòbbit
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 哈比人
 * Czech: hobit, půlčík
 * Danish: hobbit
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: hobbi
 * Finnish: hobitti
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჰობიტი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: ὅββιτος
 * Hebrew: הוֹבִּיט
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: hobbiti
 * Irish: hobad
 * Italian: hobbit
 * Japanese: ホビット
 * Korean:
 * Latin: hobbitus
 * Marathi: हॉबिट
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hobbit
 * Nynorsk: hobbit
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: hobbit
 * Russian:
 * Scots: hobbit
 * Scottish Gaelic: hobbit, hàbad
 * Serbo-Croatian: hobit
 * Slovak: hobbit
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: hobit
 * Spanish: hobbit
 * Swedish: hobbit,, homp
 * Tajik: хоббит
 * Thai: ฮอบบิท
 * Turkish: hobit
 * Ukrainian: гобіт
 * Yiddish: האָביט


 * French:

Etymology 2
Probably from,.

Noun

 * 1) A Welsh unit of weight, equal to four Welsh pecks, or 168 pounds.
 * 2)  An old unit of volume ($2 1/2$ bushels, the volume of 168 pounds of wheat).

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) hobbit a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet

Etymology

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Declension
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Noun

 * 1)  fictional small humanoid creature

Noun

 * 1)  hobbit