enchanting

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -æntɪŋ, -ɑːntɪŋ

Verb

enchanting

1. present participle and gerund of enchant

Adjective

enchanting (comparative more enchanting, superlative most enchanting)

1. Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
   • 2012, “Shango”, performed by Lord Nelson:

     Hearing voices calling, I look down and see a crowd
     Drumming and they chanting in a different tongue
     Music so enchanting I had to go down
     Watching what they doing, trying to understand

   • 2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     "Fairytale" is an over-used word in football but there is certainly something enchanting about the Lambert story, rejected as a teenager at Liverpool and then playing at, among others, Blackpool, Rochdale, Stockport and Bristol Rovers.

Derived terms

• enchantingly
• enchantingness
• unenchanting

 

Translations

having the ability to enchant

• Armenian: հմայիչ (hy) (hmayičʻ)
• Bulgarian: чаровен (bg) (čaroven), очарователен (bg) (očarovatelen)
• Czech: okouzlující (cs), čarovný
• Danish: fortryllende, henrivende, bedårende
• Dutch: betoverend (nl)
• Esperanto: ensorĉiga
• Estonian: lummav
• Finnish: lumoava (fi), ihastuttava (fi)
• French: enchanteur (fr) m, enchanteresse (fr) f
• Galician: encantador
• German: bezaubernd (de), zauberhaft (de)
• Greek: γοητευτικός (el) (goïteftikós)
• Hungarian: elbűvölő (hu)
• Icelandic: heillandi
• Italian: incantevole (it)
• Latvian: burvīgs
• Macedonian: заносен (zanosen)
• Maori: whakatautau
• Norwegian Bokmål: fortrylle m
• Portuguese: encantador (pt)
• Romanian: încântător (ro) m, încântătoare f, încântant
• Russian: очарова́тельный (ru) (očarovátelʹnyj), обворожи́тельный (ru) (obvorožítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: encantador (es), hechicero (es)
• Turkish: büyüleyici (tr)

Noun

enchanting (plural enchantings)

1. An act of enchantment.
   • 1841, Alfred Beesley, The History of Banbury, page 256:

     […] by which the truth of the matter may the better be known of all felonies, murders, poisonings, enchantings, sorceries, magical arts, transgressions, […]

Middle English

Noun

enchanting

1. Alternative form of enchauntynge