magnet
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonist who founded the city in Lydia). Related to manganese, magnesia and magnesium.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmæɡnɪt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmæɡnət/
Audio (UK) (file) - Homophone: magnate (one pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -ɪt
Noun[edit]
magnet (plural magnets)
- A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
- (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.
- 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 157:
- Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff.
- 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.
- (Internet) Short for magnet link.
- 2019, David Adams, Ann-Kathrin Maier, Big Seven Study (2016): 7 open source Crypto-Messengers to be compared (page 142)
- Magnets are thus used to create a package of cryptologic information and bundling[sic] it together.
- 2019, David Adams, Ann-Kathrin Maier, Big Seven Study (2016): 7 open source Crypto-Messengers to be compared (page 142)
Derived terms[edit]
- babe magnet
- bar magnet
- chick magnet
- chickmagnet
- diamagnet
- electret
- electromagnet
- ferrimagnet
- ferromagnet
- fridge magnet
- helimagnet
- magnetarium
- magnetic
- magnetical
- magnetify
- magnetimeter
- magnetionic
- magnetise
- magnetism
- magnetite
- magnetize
- magnetlike
- magnet link
- magneto
- magnetod
- magneton
- magnet school
- man magnet
- metamagnet
- micromagnet
- nanomagnet
- nonmagnet
- paramagnet
- permanent magnet
- speromagnet
- track magnet
Related terms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
- electret (a magnet analog for electric charge)
Translations[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English magnet, from Old French magnete, Latin magnetum "lodestone" from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonist who founded the city in Lydia).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: mag‧net
Noun[edit]
magnet
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις (magnêtis)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet m
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms[edit]
- magič
- magneťák
- magnetický
- magnetismus
- magnetizovat
- magnetka
- magnetofon
- magnetosféra
- magnetoskop
- magnetovat
- elektromagnet
- elektromagnetický
- elektromagnetismus
Further reading[edit]
- magnet in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- magnet in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet c (singular definite magneten, plural indefinite magneter)
Declension[edit]
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | magnet | magneten | magneter | magneterne |
genitive | magnets | magnetens | magneters | magneternes |
Further reading[edit]
- “magnet” in Den Danske Ordbog
Estonian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet (genitive magneti, partitive magnetit)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | magnet | magnetid |
accusative | magneti | magnetid |
genitive | magneti | magnetite |
partitive | magnetit | magneteid |
illative | magnetisse | magnetitesse magneteisse |
inessive | magnetis | magnetites magneteis |
elative | magnetist | magnetitest magneteist |
allative | magnetile | magnetitele magneteile |
adessive | magnetil | magnetitel magneteil |
ablative | magnetilt | magnetitelt magneteilt |
translative | magnetiks | magnetiteks magneteiks |
terminative | magnetini | magnetiteni |
essive | magnetina | magnetitena |
abessive | magnetita | magnetiteta |
comitative | magnetiga | magnetitega |
Further reading[edit]
- magnet in Sõnaveeb
- magnet in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- magnet in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
Indonesian[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet (first-person possessive magnetku, second-person possessive magnetmu, third-person possessive magnetnya)
Further reading[edit]
- “magnet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Malay[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet (Jawi spelling مݢنيت, plural magnet-magnet, informal 1st possessive magnetku, 2nd possessive magnetmu, 3rd possessive magnetnya)
Further reading[edit]
- “magnet” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet
- Alternative form of magnete
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magneter, definite plural magnetene)
- a magnet
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “magnet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magnetar, definite plural magnetane)
- a magnet
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “magnet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet m (plural magneți)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) magnet | magnetul | (niște) magneți | magneții |
genitive/dative | (unui) magnet | magnetului | (unor) magneți | magneților |
vocative | magnetule | magneților |
Further reading[edit]
- magnet in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “the exact, indirect route from Greek, please”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
màgnēt m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀гне̄т)
- a magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- “magnet” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet m (genitive singular magnetu, nominative plural magnety, genitive plural magnetov)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- magnet in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Slovene[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnẹ̑t m inan
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading[edit]
- “magnet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “the exact route, please”)
Noun[edit]
magnet c
- a magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)
Declension[edit]
Declension of magnet | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | magnet | magneten | magneter | magneterna |
Genitive | magnets | magnetens | magneters | magneternas |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Finnish: magneetti
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “magnet” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnet m or f (plural magnetau or magnets)
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
magnet | fagnet | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “magnet”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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