Mahomet

English

Etymology

From Middle English Macomet, from Latin Machometus, Mahometus, from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of Muhammad.

Proper noun

Mahomet

1. (obsolete or archaic) Alternative spelling of Muhammad (the prophet who introduced Islam).
   • 1829, Charles Mac Farlane, Constantinople in 1828. A Residence of Sixteen Months in the Turkish Capital and Provinces: […], London: Saunders and Otley, […], page 120:

     The sultan and all his grandees, confident in the means of protection, entered the serraglio, took down the sangiac-sheriff, or sacred standard of Mahomet, and, headed by a number of Oulemas reciting apposite passages from the Koran, proceeded forthwith to the imperial mosque of Achmet, in the square of the Hippodrome, at a very few paces from the palace.

Usage notes

• This was the predominant spelling until the late 1700s, when it was overtaken by Mohammed and then ultimately Muhammad, which see for more.

Anagrams

• Mohamet

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɔ.mɛ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Mahomet m

1. (Islam) Muhammad (Islamic prophet)

   Synonym: le Prophète

Usage notes

• Francophone Muslims usually prefer Mohamed or other forms closer to the Arabic, but Mahomet remains more current in secular contexts.
• The form Mahomet is reserved for the Prophet and not used for modern Muslims with equivalent names.

Interlingua

Proper noun

Mahomet

1. (Islam) Muhammad (Islamic prophet)

Middle French

Proper noun

Mahomet

1. Muhammad (Islamic prophet)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Mahometus, from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈxɔ.mɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔmɛt
• Syllabification: Ma‧ho‧met

Proper noun

Mahomet m pers

1. (Islam) Muhammad (Islamic prophet)

Declension

Declension of Mahomet

	singular
nominative	Mahomet
genitive	Mahometa
dative	Mahometowi
accusative	Mahometa
instrumental	Mahometem
locative	Mahomecie
vocative	Mahomecie

Further reading

• Mahomet in Polish dictionaries at PWN