charm

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chäm, IPA^(key): /tʃɑːm/
• (General American) enPR: chärm, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑɹm/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

From Middle English charme, from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carmen (“song, incantation”).

Alternative forms

• charme (obsolete)

Noun

charm (countable and uncountable, plural charms)

1. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

   Synonyms: incantation, spell, talisman

2. (often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.

   Synonyms: appeal, attraction, charisma

   Antonyms: boredom, dryness
3. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.

   Synonyms: amulet, dangle, ornament

4. The collective noun for a group of goldfinches.

   Synonym: flock

5. (particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.

   Coordinate term: strangeness
6. (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.

   Synonyms: delta decay, DdeltaDtime

   Hypernym: Greeks

7. (graphical user interface, Microsoft Windows) An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.

Translations

Verb

charm (third-person singular simple present charms, present participle charming, simple past and past participle charmed)

2. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

   Synonyms: delight, enchant, enamor, entrance
3. (transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.

   Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, ensorcel, enspell
4. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
5. (obsolete, rare) To make music upon.
6. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Synchronically a variant of chirm, but reflects Middle English charme (or unattested *charm), from Old English ċearm (“cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karm, masculine variant of *karmi f, from Proto-Germanic *karmiz, *karm(j)az (“cry, lament, calling sound”). Near-doublet of chirm, which is from the feminine counterpart.

Alternative forms

• jarm (dialectal)

Noun

charm (plural charms)

1. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
2. A flock, group (especially of finches).

Further reading

• charm (quantum number) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• charm quark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• March, march

Chinese

Etymology

From English charming.

Pronunciation

Adjective

charm

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) charming

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English charm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɕɑːm]

Noun

charm c (singular definite charmen, plural indefinite charms)

1. charm (jewelry)

Inflection

Etymology 2

See charme (“to charm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɕɑˀm]

Verb

charm

1. imperative of charme

Palauan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

charm

1. animal

References

• charm in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• charm in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• charm in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 35.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧarm/

Noun

charm c

1. charm; the ability to persuade, delight, or arouse admiration

Declension

Related terms

• charma
• charmant
• charmera
• charmig
• charmerande
• charmör

References

• charm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• charm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• charm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)