charme

See also: Charme and charmé

English

Noun

charme (countable and uncountable, plural charmes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of charm

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French charme, from Latin carmen (“song”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sjarmə/, [ˈɕɑːmə]

Noun

charme c (singular definite charmen, plural indefinite charmer)

  1. charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)

Declension

Verb

charme (imperative charm, infinitive at charme, present tense charmer, past tense charmede, perfect tense har charmet)

  1. to charm (seduce, entrance or fascinate)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French charme.

Pronunciation

  • charme(file)

Noun

charme m (plural charmes)

  1. charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)

Derived terms

  • charmezanger m

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʁm/
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Etymology 1

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

Noun

charme m (plural charmes)

  1. charm, attractive quality
  2. enchantment; originally, magical incantation

Verb

charme

  1. inflection of charmer:
    1. first-person and third-person singular present indicative and subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

From Old French, from Latin carpinus, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kar- (“hard”).

Noun

charme m (plural charmes)

  1. (botany) Trees of genus Carpinus (hornbeam), of the Betulaceae family
Derived terms
  • charmoie (its wood)

Anagrams

Further reading

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French charme, from Latin carmen (“song, recitement, incantation”).

Noun

charme m (invariable)

  1. A charm (quality)

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French charme, from Old French charme, from Latin carmen (“song, recitement, incantation”).

Noun

charme m (plural charmes)

  1. (Jersey) spell

Synonyms

Old French

Noun

charme m (oblique plural charmes, nominative singular charmes, nominative plural charme)

  1. enchantment; magic spell

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: char‧me

Noun

charme m (plural charmes)

  1. charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)
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