magnet

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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.

A stack of ferrite magnets

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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magnet (plural magnets)

  1. A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
  2. (informal, figuratively, often in combination) 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 March, J. Michael Fay, “Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma”, in National Geographic, section 47:
      […] I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.
    • 2022, Steve Mann, Easy Peasy Cocker Spaniel:
      Regular baths will help keep your dog clean and fresh-smelling. The frequency will depend entirely on your own preferences as well as how much of a mud-magnet your dog is!
  3. (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.

Coordinate terms[edit]

  • electret (a magnet analog for electric charge)

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words and expressions

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Descendants[edit]

  • → Cebuano: magnet
  • →? Indonesian: magnet
  • →? Malay: magnet
  • → Tagalog: magnet
  • → Welsh: magnet

Translations[edit]

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Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun[edit]

magnet m (plural magnete, definite magneti, definite plural magnetet)

  1. magnet

Declension[edit]

Declension of magnet
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative magnet magnete magneti magnetet
accusative magnetin
dative magneti magneteve magnetit magnetevet
ablative magnetesh

Further reading[edit]

  • “magnet”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980

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

  1. magnet

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις (magnêtis).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

magnet m inan

  1. magnet

Declension[edit]

Declension of magnet (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative magnet magnety
genitive magnetu magnetů
dative magnetu magnetům
accusative magnet magnety
vocative magnete magnety
locative magnetě, magnetu magnetech
instrumental magnetem magnety

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • magnet in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • magnet in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • magnet in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun[edit]

magnet c (singular definite magneten, plural indefinite magneter)

  1. magnet

Declension[edit]

Declension of magnet
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative magnet magneten magneter magneterne
genitive magnets magnetens magneters magneternes

Further reading[edit]

Estonian[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

magnet (genitive magneti, partitive magnetit)

  1. magnet

Declension[edit]

Declension of magnet (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative magnet magnetid
accusative nom.
gen. magneti
genitive 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 (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “magnet”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “magnet”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Faroese[edit]

Noun[edit]

magnet f (genitive singular magnetar, plural magnetir)

  1. magnet

Declension[edit]

Declension of magnet
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative magnet magnetin magnetir magnetirnar
accusative magnet magnetina magnetir magnetirnar
dative magnet magnetini magnetum magnetunum
genitive magnetar magnetarinnar magneta magnetanna

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Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch magneet, from Middle Dutch magneet, from older magnes, from Latin magnēs, from Ancient Greek μαγνήτης λίθος (magnḗtēs líthos).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmak.nɛt/
  • Rhymes: -nɛt
  • Hyphenation: mag‧net

Noun[edit]

magnet (plural magnet-magnet, first-person possessive magnetku, second-person possessive magnetmu, third-person possessive magnetnya)

  1. magnet:
    1. (electromagnetism) a piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
      Synonyms: sembrani, besi sembrani, batu semberani, batu berani

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Further reading[edit]

Malay[edit]

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun[edit]

magnet (Jawi spelling مݢنيت, plural magnet-magnet, informal 1st possessive magnetku, 2nd possessive magnetmu, 3rd possessive magnetnya)

  1. magnet

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

magnet

  1. Alternative form of magnete

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun[edit]

magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magneter, definite plural magnetene)

  1. a magnet

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Noun[edit]

magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magnetar, definite plural magnetane)

  1. a magnet

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Magnet.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

magnet m (plural magneți)

  1. magnet

Declension[edit]

Declension of magnet
singular plural
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]

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]

  • IPA(key): /mǎɡneːt/
  • Hyphenation: mag‧net

Noun[edit]

màgnēt m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀гне̄т)

  1. a magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)

Declension[edit]

Declension of magnet
singular plural
nominative màgnēt magneti
genitive magnéta magneta
dative magnetu magnetima
accusative magnet magnete
vocative magnete magneti
locative magnetu magnetima
instrumental magnetom magnetima

References[edit]

  • “magnet” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

magnet m inan (genitive singular magnetu, nominative plural magnety, genitive plural magnetov)

  1. magnet

Declension[edit]

Declension of magnet
singular plural
nominative magnet magnety
genitive magnetu magnetov
dative magnetu magnetom
accusative magnet magnety
locative magnete magnetoch
instrumental magnetom magnetmi

Further reading[edit]

  • “magnet”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

magnẹ̑t m inan

  1. magnet

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

  1. 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

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References[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English magnet.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɡnet/, [ˈmaɡ.nɛt]
  • Hyphenation: mag‧net

Noun[edit]

magnet (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. magnet
    Synonym: balani

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “magnet”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Welsh[edit]

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English magnet.

Noun[edit]

magnet m or f (plural magnetau or magnets)

  1. magnet

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
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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