magnetismo

Esperanto

Etymology

From magneto +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maɡneˈtismo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧tis‧mo

Noun

magnetismo (uncountable, accusative magnetismon)

1. magnetism

Derived terms

• elektromagnetismo

Galician

Noun

magnetismo m (uncountable)

1. magnetism

Related terms

• magnético

Further reading

• “magnetismo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Noun

magnetismo m (plural magnetismi)

1. magnetism

Related terms

• elettromagnetismo
• magnete
• magnetista

 

Anagrams

• ingommaste

Portuguese

Etymology

From French magnétisme (“magnetism”), from Old French magnete (“magnetite”), from Latin magnētum, genitive plural of magnēs (“magnet; loadstone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνής λίθος (magnḗs líthos, “Magnesian stone”). By surface analysis, magnete +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡi.neˈt͡ʃiz.mu/, /maɡ.neˈt͡ʃiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡi.neˈt͡ʃiz.mu/, /maɡ.neˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡi.neˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/, /maɡ.neˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maɡ.neˈt͡ʃiz.mo/, /ma.ɡi.neˈt͡ʃiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡnɨˈtiʒ.mu/ [ma.ɣnɨˈtiʒ.mu]

• Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧tis‧mo

Noun

magnetismo m (uncountable)

1. magnetism (the property of being magnetic)
2. magnetism (power of attraction; power to excite feelings and to gain affections)

   Synonym: sedução

   Antonym: repulsão

Derived terms

• geomagnetismo
• magnetismo animal

Related terms

• desmagnetizado
• desmagnetizar
• Magnésia
• magnete
• magnético
• magnetita
• magnetização
• magnetizado
• magnetizador
• magnetizar
• magneto
• magnetogenia
• magnetologia
• magnetômetro

 

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡneˈtismo/ [maɣ̞.neˈt̪iz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: mag‧ne‧tis‧mo

Noun

magnetismo m (plural magnetismos)

1. magnetism (the property of being magnetic)
2. hypnotism, animal magnetism
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 157:

     No lejos de la cas ade la informante muy buena, que se espirituó por andar en manipulaciones de magnetismo. Los malos espíritus la perseguían, y un Corazón de Jesús que tenía en su cuarto y del cual era muy devota, le aconsejó que recurriera a su vecina, para que la exorcizara.

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Related terms

• magnético

 

Further reading

• “magnetismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10