charisma

See also: Charisma

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ (khárisma, “grace, favour, gift”), from χᾰρῐ́ζομαι (kharízomai, “I show favor”), from χᾰ́ρῐς (kháris, “grace”), from χαίρω (khaírō, “I am happy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɪzmə/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

charisma (usually uncountable, plural charismas or charismata)

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

Derived terms

• charismatic
• rizz

Translations

personal charm or magnetism

• Arabic: كَارِيزْمَا‎ f (kārīzmā)
• Armenian: խարիզմա (hy) (xarizma), հմայք (hy) (hmaykʿ), թովչանք (hy) (tʿovčʿankʿ)
• Asturian: carisma m
• Belarusian: хары́зма f (xarýzma)
• Catalan: carisma (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魅力 (zh) (mèilì)

• Dutch: charisma (nl) n
• Esperanto: karismo
• Finnish: karisma (fi)
• French: charisme (fr) m
• Galician: carisma (gl) m
• Georgian: ქარიზმა (karizma)
• German: Ausstrahlung (de) f, Charisma (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: χάρισμα n (khárisma)

  Modern: χάρισμα (el) n (chárisma)

• Hebrew: כריזמה‎ (he) f
• Indonesian: karisma (id)
• Italian: carisma (it) m
• Japanese: カリスマ (ja) (karisuma), シャルム (sharumu), 魅力 (ja) (みりょく, miryoku)
• Maori: mana ātahu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: karisma m

• Persian: کاریزما‎ (fa) (kârizmâ)
• Polish: charyzma (pl) f
• Portuguese: carisma (pt) m
• Romanian: carismă f, charismă f
• Russian: хари́зма (ru) f (xarízma), обая́ние (ru) n (obajánije), шарм (ru) m (šarm), очарова́ние (ru) n (očarovánije)
• Serbo-Croatian: karìzma (sh) f
• Spanish: carisma (es) m
• Swedish: karisma (sv) c, utstrålning (sv) c
• Thai: เสน่ห์ (th) (sà-nèe)
• Turkish: karizma (tr)
• Ukrainian: хари́зма (uk) f (xarýzma)

extraordinary power granted by the Holy Spirit — see charism

ability to influence without the use of logic

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: pegue (es) m

Anagrams

• archaism, machairs

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ (khárisma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌxaːˈrɪs.maː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: cha‧ris‧ma

Noun

charisma n (plural charismata)

1. (Christianity) charisma (gift of the Holy Spirit)

   Synonym: genadegave

2. charisma (personally affability)

Derived terms

• charismaticus
• charismatisch