magnet

See also magnet-, and Magnet

English

Etymology

From the Greek μαγνήτης λίθος (magnítis líthos), magnesian stone.

A stack of ferrite magnets

Noun

Wikipedia magnet (plural magnets)

1. A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
2. (informal, figuratively, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.

   He always had a girl on his arm - he's a bit of a babe-magnet.

   • 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma, National Geographic (March 2007), 47,

     ...I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.

Derived terms

Terms derived from "magnet"

babe magnet bar magnet electromagnet ferromagnet fridge magnet magnetarium magnetic

magnetise, magnetize magnetism magnet school man magnet permanent magnet

Related terms

• magnetic
• magnetism
• magnetite
• Magnesia

Translations

piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism

• Akkadian: abnu ṣābittu
• Armenian: մագնիս (hy) (magnis)
• Basque: iman (eu)
• Bengali: অয়স্কান্ত (bn) (aẏaskānta)
• Catalan: imant (ca) m
• Chinese: 磁鐵, 磁铁
• Czech: magnet (cs) m
• Dutch: magneet (nl) f
• Esperanto: magneto (eo)
• Finnish: magneetti (fi)
• French: aimant (fr) m
• German: Magnet (de) m
• Greek: μαγνήτης (el) (magnítis) m
• Hebrew: מגנט (he) m
• Hindi: चुंबक (hi) (cumbak)
• Hungarian: mágnes (hu)
• Icelandic: segull (is) m
• Irish: maighnéad (ga) m
• Italian: magnete (it) m, calamita (it) f
• Japanese: 磁石 (ja) (じしゃく, jishaku)
• Korean: 자석 (ko) (jaseog)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: مه‌قناتیس

• Malay: besi semberani (ms), magnet (ms)
• Maori: autō (mi)
• Norwegian: magnet (no) m
• Polish: magnes (pl) m
• Portuguese: ímã (pt) m
• Romanian: magnet (ro) m
• Russian: магнит (ru) (magnít) m
• Scottish Gaelic: magnait (gd) m
• Spanish: imán (es) m
• Swahili: sumaku (sw) (noun 9)
• Swedish: magnet (sv) c
• Tagalog: batubalani (tl), gayuma (tl)
• Tamil: காந்தம் (ta) (kāntam)
• Telugu: అయస్కాంతము (ayaskaamtamu), అయస్కాంతం (te) (ayaskāntaṁ)
• Turkish: mıknatıs (tr)
• Ukrainian: магніт (uk) (mahnit) m
• Urdu: مقناطیس (maqnatees) m
• Vietnamese: nam châm (vi)

See also

• Wikipedia article on magnets
• Wikipedia article on magnetism

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Czech

Noun

magnet m

1. magnet

Related terms

• magnetický
• magnetismus

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Swedish

Noun

magnet c

1. a magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)

Declension

Declension of magnet

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	magnet	magneten	magneter	magneterna
genitive	magnets	magnetens	magneters	magneternas

Related terms

• magnetisera
• magnetisk
• magnetisör