charmer

English

Etymology

From Middle English charmer, charmere, equivalent to charm +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑɹmɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Noun

charmer (plural charmers)

1. A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.
   • 2007 December 3, Christy Lemire, “Review: "Juno" A Small Comic Charmer”, in CBS News‎^[1]:

     And "Juno" is the kind of movie all indie comedies wish they could be: light and lovable, perhaps a bit too pleased with the cleverness of its dialogue, but a small charmer nonetheless.

2. An enchanter or magician.
3. (ironic) A rude or unpleasant person.
   • 2012 December 27, The G2 Supplement, “Best slapdowns of 2012”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     What a charmer, Karl Lagerfeld

Derived terms

• charmeress

Related terms

• charm
• charming
• snake charmer

Translations

charming person

• Bulgarian: магьосник (bg) m (magjosnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迷人者 (mírén zhě), 魅力人物 (mèilì rénwù)

• Finnish: hurmuri (fi), hurmaaja (fi)
• French: charmeur (fr) m, charmeuse (fr) f
• German: Charmeur (de) m, Charmeurin (de) f
• Hindi: मोहन (hi) m (mohan)
• Latin: dēlēnītor m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bedårer m, sjarmør m, donjuan m, forfører m, casanova m, kvinnebedårer m

  Nynorsk: forførar m, donjuan m, casanova m, kvinnedårar m

• Polish: czaruś (pl) m
• Romanian: șarmeur m (rare)
• Scottish Gaelic: druidh m
• Spanish: encantador (es) m, encantadora (es) f
• Swedish: charmör (sv) c, tjusare (sv) c

enchanter or magician

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魔法師 / 魔法师 (zh) (mófǎshī), 魔術師 / 魔术师 (zh) (móshùshī), 巫師 / 巫师 (zh) (wūshī)

• Finnish: silmänkääntäjä (fi), lumoaja (fi)
• French: enchanteur (fr) m, enchanteresse (fr) f
• Polish: zaklinacz (pl) m

rude or unpleasant person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 討厭鬼 / 讨厌鬼 (zh)

• Finnish: mukava tyyppi (sarcastically)
• French: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• marcher

Danish

Noun

charmer c

1. indefinite plural of charme

Verb

charmer

1. present of charme
2. imperative of charmere

French

Etymology

From charme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.me/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

charmer

1. to charm (with magic)
2. to charm

Conjugation

Conjugation of charmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	charmer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	charmant /ʃaʁ.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		charmé /ʃaʁ.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	charme /ʃaʁm/	charmes /ʃaʁm/	charme /ʃaʁm/	charmons /ʃaʁ.mɔ̃/	charmez /ʃaʁ.me/	charment /ʃaʁm/
	imperfect	charmais /ʃaʁ.mɛ/	charmais /ʃaʁ.mɛ/	charmait /ʃaʁ.mɛ/	charmions /ʃaʁ.mjɔ̃/	charmiez /ʃaʁ.mje/	charmaient /ʃaʁ.mɛ/
	past historic2	charmai /ʃaʁ.me/	charmas /ʃaʁ.ma/	charma /ʃaʁ.ma/	charmâmes /ʃaʁ.mam/	charmâtes /ʃaʁ.mat/	charmèrent /ʃaʁ.mɛʁ/
	future	charmerai /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁe/	charmeras /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁa/	charmera /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁa/	charmerons /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/	charmerez /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁe/	charmeront /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	charmerais /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	charmerais /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	charmerait /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	charmerions /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	charmeriez /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁje/	charmeraient /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	charme /ʃaʁm/	charmes /ʃaʁm/	charme /ʃaʁm/	charmions /ʃaʁ.mjɔ̃/	charmiez /ʃaʁ.mje/	charment /ʃaʁm/
	imperfect2	charmasse /ʃaʁ.mas/	charmasses /ʃaʁ.mas/	charmât /ʃaʁ.ma/	charmassions /ʃaʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/	charmassiez /ʃaʁ.ma.sje/	charmassent /ʃaʁ.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	charme /ʃaʁm/	—	charmons /ʃaʁ.mɔ̃/	charmez /ʃaʁ.me/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• charmant
• charme
• charmeresse
• charmeur
• charmeuse

Descendants

• → Italian: ciurmare

Further reading

• “charmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• marcher

Middle English

Alternative forms

• charmere, charmor, charmar, chermar

Etymology

From Old French charmier; equivalent to charmen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃarˈmeːr/, /ˈt͡ʃarmər/

Noun

charmer (plural charmeres)

1. A mage or spellcaster; an individual who uses magic.
2. (rare) One who intrigues or interests others.

Descendants

• English: charmer
• Scots: chairmer

References

• “charmere, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 September 2018.

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin carmināre.

Verb

charmer

1. to charm; to enchant (put under a magic spell)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rms, *-rmt are modified to rs, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of charmer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		charmer			avoir charmé
gerund		en charmant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		charmant
past participle		charmé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	charm	charmes	charme	charmons	charmez	charment
	imperfect	charmoie, charmeie, charmoe, charmeve	charmoies, charmeies, charmoes, charmeves	charmoit, charmeit, charmot, charmeve	charmiiens, charmiens	charmiiez, charmiez	charmoient, charmeient, charmoent, charmevent
	preterite	charmai	charmas	charma	charmames	charmastes	charmerent
	future	charmerai	charmeras	charmera	charmerons	charmeroiz, charmereiz, charmerez	charmeront
	conditional	charmeroie, charmereie	charmeroies, charmereies	charmeroit, charmereit	charmeriiens, charmeriens	charmeriiez, charmeriez	charmeroient, charmereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	charm	chars	chart	charmons	charmez	charment
	imperfect	charmasse	charmasses	charmast	charmissons, charmissiens	charmissoiz, charmissez, charmissiez	charmassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	charme	—	charmons	charmez	—

Descendants

• → Neapolitan: nciarmare
• → Sicilian: ciarmari