charm

English

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Etymology 1

Middle English charme (chant, magic spell)< Old French< Latin carmen (song, incantation)

Noun

charm (plural charms)

1. An object, act or words believed to have magic power.

   A charm against evil

   It works like a charm.

2. The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural.

   He had great personal charm.

   She tried to win him over with her charms.

3. (physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the quantity of charm quarks & antiquarks.
4. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc.

   She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.

Synonyms

• (something with magic power): amulet, incantation, spell, talisman
• (quality of arousing delight or admiration): appeal, attraction, charisma
• (trinket): amulet, dangle, ornament

Antonyms

• (quality of arousing delight or admiration): boredom, dryness

Translations

something with magic power

Bulgarian: амулет (bg) m., талисман (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 護身符 (zh), 护身符 (zh) (hùshēnfú) Dutch: betovering (nl), bezwering (nl), ban (nl) Esperanto: ĉarmo (eo) Finnish: lumous (fi), taika (fi) Greek: φυλαχτό (el) (fylachtó) n. Ancient: περίαπτον (grc) (períapton) n.

Hungarian: varázslat (hu), amulett (hu) Italian: amuleto (it) m., incantesimo (it) m., (obsolete) malia (it) f. Japanese: お守り (ja) (おまもり, o-mamori) Polish: zaklęcie (pl) n., urok (pl) m. Russian: амулет (ru) (amulét) m., талисман (ru) (talismán) m., оберег (ru) (oberég) m. Swedish: berlock (sv) c., amulett (sv) c. Tagalog: anting-anting (tl)

quality of inspiring delight or admiration

Armenian: հմայք (hy) (hmayk’) Bulgarian: чар (bg) m., обаяние (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 魅力 (zh) (mèilì), 魔力 (zh) (mólì) Czech: půvab (cs) m. Danish: charme (da) c. Dutch: charme (nl) Finnish: lumo, tenho, viehätysvoima French: charme (fr) German: Charme (de) m. Greek: γοητεία (el) (goiteía) f.

Italian: incanto (it) m., fascino (it) m., attrattiva (it) f. Japanese: 魅力 (ja) (みりょく, miryoku), チャーム (ja) (chāmu), シャルム (ja) (sharumu) Polish: urok (pl) m. Portuguese: charme (pt) m. Romanian: farmec (ro) Russian: обаяние (ru) (obajánije) n., очарование (ru) (očarovánije) n., шарм (ru) (šarm) m., чары (ru) (čáry) pl. Spanish: encanto (es) m. Swedish: charm (sv) c. Tagalog: alindog (tl)

property of subatomic particle

Finnish: lumo (fi) Japanese: チャーム (ja) (chāmu)

Russian: очарование (ru) (očarovánije) n.

trinket

Danish: charm (da) c. Dutch: bedeltje French: breloque (fr) f. Greek: ψευτοστολίδι (el) (pseutostolídi) n.

Hungarian: talizmán (hu), amulett (hu) Italian: amuleto (it) m., talismano (it) m., ciondolo (it) m. Polish: talizman (pl) m. Swedish: berlock (sv) c.

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Ido: charmo

Indonesian: daya tarik, pesona, gaib, jimat Spanish: dije m.

See also

• quark

Verb

charm (third-person singular simple present charms, present participle charming, simple past and past participle charmed)

1. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

   He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.

2. (transitive) To use a magical charm upon someone/something.

   After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.

Synonyms

• (seduce, entrance or fascinate): delight, enchant, entrance, win one over
• (use magic): bewitch, enchant, ensorcel, enspell

Translations

seduce, entrance or fascinate

Armenian: հմայել (hy) (hmayel) Bulgarian: очаровам (bg) Danish: charmere (da) Dutch: betoveren (nl), bezweren (nl) Latin: fascino (la)

Polish: oczarować (pl) Russian: очаровывать (ru) (očaróvyvat') impf., очаровать (ru) (očarovát') pf.; Spanish: encantar (es) Turkish: büyülemek (tr)

use a magical charm

Armenian: հմայել (hy) (hmaye) Azeri: ovsunlamaq (az) Bulgarian: омагьосвам (bg) Dutch: beheksen, betoveren, bezweren Kurdish: ئه‌فسوون کردن (ku) (efsún kirdin) Latin: fascino (la) Polish: zaczarować (pl)

Russian: околдовывать (ru) (okoldóvyvat') impf., околдовать (ru) (okoldovát') pf.; зачаровывать (ru) (začaróvyvat') impf., зачаровать (ru) (začarovát') pf. Spanish: encantar (es), hechizar (es) Turkish: büyülemek (tr) Volapük: bemagivön (vo)

• Spanish: prendar (es)

Derived terms

charm bracelet charmer

charming charmless lucky charm work like a charm

Etymology 2

Variant of chirm, perhaps after Etymology 1, above.

Noun

charm (plural charms)

1. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV:

     Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, / With charm of earliest Birds [...].

   • 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, p. 152:

     The laughter rose like the charm of starlings.

2. A flock, group (especially of finches).

Anagrams

• march, March

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Danish

Etymology 1

From English charm.

Noun

charm c. (singular definite charmen, plural indefinite charms)

1. charm

Inflection

    Inflection of charm

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	charm	charmen	charms	charmene
genitive	charms	charmens	charms'	charmenes

Etymology 2

See charme (“to charm”).

Verb

charm

1. imperative of charme

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɧarm/

Noun

charm c.

1. charm; the ability to persuade, delight, or arouse admiration

Declension

Declension of charm

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	charm	charmen
genitive	charms	charmens

Related terms

• charma
• charmant
• charmera
• charmig
• charmerande
• charmör