charm

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chäm, IPA(key): /tʃɑːm/ (General American) enPR: chärm, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑɹm/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m === Etymology 1 === From Middle English charme, from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carmen (“song, incantation”). Displaced native Old English lybb (“drug, poison, charm”). ==== Alternative forms ==== charme (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== charm (countable and uncountable, plural charms) An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation). Synonyms: incantation, spell, talisman; see also Thesaurus:amulet, Thesaurus:magic spell (often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration. Synonyms: appeal, attraction, charisma Antonyms: boredom, dryness A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer. Synonyms: amulet, dangle, ornament; see also Thesaurus:amulet (collective) A group of goldfinches or other songbirds. Synonym: flock (particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks. Coordinate term: strangeness (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time. Synonyms: delta decay, DdeltaDtime Hypernym: Greeks (graphical user interface, Microsoft Windows) An icon providing quick access to a command or setting. ===== Descendants ===== → Danish: charm → German: Charm → Swedish: charm ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== charm (third-person singular simple present charms, present participle charming, simple past and past participle charmed) To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something. Synonyms: delight, enchant, enamor, entrance, fetch (transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on. Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, ensorcel, enspell To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences. (obsolete, rare) To make music upon. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe. ===== Translations ===== ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 2 === Synchronically a variant of chirm, but reflects Middle English charme (or unattested *charm), from Old English ċearm (“cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karm, masculine variant of *karmi f, from Proto-Germanic *karmiz, *karm(j)az (“cry, lament, calling sound”). Near-doublet of chirm, which is from the feminine counterpart. ==== Alternative forms ==== jarm (dialectal) ==== Noun ==== charm (plural charms) The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children. A flock, group (especially of finches). === Further reading === charm (quantum number) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia charm quark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === March, march == Chinese == === Etymology === From English charming. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === charm (Hong Kong Cantonese) charming == Danish == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English charm. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈtɕɑːm] ==== Noun ==== charm c (singular definite charmen, plural indefinite charms) charm (jewelry) ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === See charme (“to charm”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈɕɑˀm] ==== Verb ==== charm imperative of charme == Palauan == === Etymology === From Pre-Palauan *qaram, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qayam (“domesticated animal”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === charm animal living creature === References === charm in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com. charm in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com. charm in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 35. == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɧarm/ === Noun === charm c charm; the ability to persuade, delight, or arouse admiration ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “charm”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “charm”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “charm”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)