charisma

See also Charisma

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάρισμα (khárisma, “grace, favour, gift”), from χαρίζομαι (kharízomai, “I show favor”), from χάρις (kháris, “grace”), from χαίρω (khaírō, “I am happy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈɹɪzmə/

Noun

charisma (usually uncountable; plural charismas)

1. Personal charm or magnetism
2. (Christianity) An extraordinary power granted by the Holy Spirit
3. The ability to influence without the use of logic.

Synonyms

• charm, spell

Translations

personal charm or magnetism

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魅力 (cmn) (mèilì)

• French: charisme (fr) m
• German: Charisma (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: χάρισμα n

  Modern: χάρισμα (el) (xárizma) n 

• Hebrew: כריזמה (he) f
• Japanese: カリスマ (ja) (karisuma), シャルム (ja) (sharumu), 魅力 (ja) (みりょく, miryoku)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: karisma (no) m

• Portuguese: carisma (pt) m
• Romanian: carismă (ro), charismă (ro) f
• Russian: харизма (ru) (xarízma) f , обаяние (ru) (obajánije) n , шарм (ru) (šarm) m , очарование (ru) (očarovánije) n 
• Serbo-Croatian: karìzma (sh) f
• Turkish: karizma (tr)

extraordinary power granted by the Holy Spirit

• Greek: θείο χάρισμα (el) (θío xárizma) n 

• Serbo-Croatian: karìzma (sh) f

ability to influence without the use of logic

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• Spanish: pegue m

Anagrams

• archaism
• machairs