enchantment

English

Alternative forms

• inchantment

Etymology

From Middle English enchauntement, from Old French enchantement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtʃɑːntmənt/, /ənˈtʃɑːntmənt/, /ɛnˈtʃɑːntmənt/

• Audio (UK):

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• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtʃæntmənt/, /ənˈtʃæntmənt/, /ɛnˈtʃæntmənt/

Noun

enchantment (countable and uncountable, plural enchantments)

1. The act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.
2. Something that enchants; a magical spell.

Related terms

• enchant

Translations

act of enchantment or feeling of being enchanted

• Bulgarian: очарование (bg) n (očarovanie), омагьосване (bg) n (omagjosvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魅力 (zh) (mèilì)

• Finnish: loihtiminen, lumoaminen (fi) (act); lumoutuminen (feeling)
• French: enchantement (fr) m, ensorcellement (fr) m
• Galician: encantamento (gl) m
• Japanese: 魅力 (ja) (みりょく, miryoku)
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• Middle English: enchauntement, chauntement
• Portuguese: encantamento m
• Romanian: încântare (ro) f, delectare (ro) f, desfătare (ro) f
• Russian: очарова́ние (ru) n (očarovánije)
• Spanish: encantamiento (es) m
• Turkish: büyülenme (tr), büyülem

something that enchants

• Armenian: թովք (tʻovkʻ), թովչանք (hy) (tʻovčʻankʻ)
• Bulgarian: магия (bg) f (magija)
• Catalan: encanteri (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魔法 (zh) (mófǎ)

• Finnish: lumo (fi), lumovoima (something); loitsu (fi) (spell)
• Galician: encantamento (gl) m, feitizo m, meigallo m
• Greek:

  Ancient: κήλημα n (kḗlēma)

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• Irish: draíocht f
• Japanese: 魔法 (ja) (まほう, mahō)
• Middle English: enchauntement
• Portuguese: encantamento m
• Romanian: farmec (ro) n, magie (ro) f, vrajă (ro) f
• Russian: ма́гия (ru) f (mágija), волшебство́ (ru) n (volšebstvó), колдовство́ (ru) n (koldovstvó)
• Swedish: förtrollning (sv) c
• Turkish: büyü (tr), büyülem