# 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: /ˈɡɒb.lɪn/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɡɑb.lɪn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* 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
** 1872, George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin, page 50:" […] If he had struck a stroke more to the side just here," said the goblin, tapping the very stone, as it seemed to Curdie, against which his head lay, "he would have been through; but he's a couple of yards past it now, and if he follow the lode it will be a week before it leads him in. […] "
** 2006, Charlotte Bishop, Norty: The Chosen Ones, page 187:At last the goblins had a chance to rid themselves of one of the troublesome defenders, and two goblin warriors snatched the opportunity.
** 2010, Thom L. Nichols, War: Return of the Elves, Part 1, page 37:The goblin shifted the two younger ones closer to him. It looked like he was hiding behind them, using them as a shield. The goblin looked pure evil. His eyes were brown.
** 2010, D. S. Macleod, The Middle Times: Rise of the Goblin King, page 229:I shall send another entourage of goblins back here to Desput with the goblins’ new ally the Pixy! These creatures deserve the same respect as any other goblin.
** 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.
* (geology) A hoodoo.
** 1975 June, United States Bureau of Land Management, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Draft Environmental Impact Statement part V: North Border, volume 1, page 209:Layers of sandstone serve as capstones of pillars and buttes; other layers of differing hardness yield erosional goblins of myriad form.

#### Derived terms

* crotch goblin
* gobbo
* goblette
* goblincore
* goblindom
* goblinesque
* gobliness
* goblinish
* goblinism
* goblinize
* goblinkind
* goblinlike
* goblin mode
* goblinoid
* goblinry
* goblin shark
* goblin spider (family Oonopidae spp.)
* green goblin
* hobgoblin
* SARM goblin
* tren goblin

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Boglin, Boling, globin, lobing

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English goblin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɔ.blin/
* Audio:(file)
* 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 (Cyrillic spelling гоблин)
* goblin

#### Declension
## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English goblin.

### Noun

goblin (definite accusative goblini, plural goblinler)
* goblin

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
goblin
goblinler
definite accusative
goblini
goblinleri
dative
gobline
goblinlere
locative
goblinde
goblinlerde
ablative
goblinden
goblinlerden
genitive
goblinin
goblinlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
goblinim
goblinlerim
2nd singular
goblinin
goblinlerin
3rd singular
goblini
goblinleri
1st plural
goblinimiz
goblinlerimiz
2nd plural
goblininiz
goblinleriniz
3rd plural
goblinleri
goblinleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
goblinimi
goblinlerimi
2nd singular
goblinini
goblinlerini
3rd singular
goblinini
goblinlerini
1st plural
goblinimizi
goblinlerimizi
2nd plural
goblininizi
goblinlerinizi
3rd plural
goblinlerini
goblinlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
goblinime
goblinlerime
2nd singular
goblinine
goblinlerine
3rd singular
goblinine
goblinlerine
1st plural
goblinimize
goblinlerimize
2nd plural
goblininize
goblinlerinize
3rd plural
goblinlerine
goblinlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
goblinimde
goblinlerimde
2nd singular
goblininde
goblinlerinde
3rd singular
goblininde
goblinlerinde
1st plural
goblinimizde
goblinlerimizde
2nd plural
goblininizde
goblinlerinizde
3rd plural
goblinlerinde
goblinlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
goblinimden
goblinlerimden
2nd singular
goblininden
goblinlerinden
3rd singular
goblininden
goblinlerinden
1st plural
goblinimizden
goblinlerimizden
2nd plural
goblininizden
goblinlerinizden
3rd plural
goblinlerinden
goblinlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
goblinimin
goblinlerimin
2nd singular
goblininin
goblinlerinin
3rd singular
goblininin
goblinlerinin
1st plural
goblinimizin
goblinlerimizin
2nd plural
goblininizin
goblinlerinizin
3rd plural
goblinlerinin
goblinlerinin :