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charm
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: chärm, IPA(key): /t???m/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chäm, IPA(key): /t???m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)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)
- An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
- Synonyms: incantation, spell, talisman
- (often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
- Synonyms: appeal, attraction, charisma
- Antonyms: boredom, dryness
- A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
- Synonyms: amulet, dangle, ornament
- (particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
- Coordinate term: strangeness
- (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
Translations
Verb
charm (third-person singular simple present charms, present participle charming, simple past and past participle charmed)
- To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
- Synonyms: delight, enchant, entrance
- (transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.
- Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, ensorcel, enspell
- To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
- (obsolete, rare) To make music upon.
- To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
Translations
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Variant of chirm, from Middle English chirme, from Old English ?ierm (“cry, alarm”), from Proto-Germanic *karmiz.
Noun
charm (plural charms)
- The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
- 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, p. 152:
- The laughter rose like the charm of starlings.
- 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, p. 152:
- A flock, group (especially of finches).
Further reading
- charm (quantum number) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- charm quark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- March, march
Chinese
Etymology
Shortened from English charming.
Pronunciation
Adjective
charm
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, usually of a male) charming (clarification of this definition is needed)
Danish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English charm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t???m]
Noun
charm c (singular definite charmen, plural indefinite charms)
- charm (jewelry)
Inflection
Etymology 2
See charme (“to charm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [????m]
Verb
charm
- imperative of charme
Palauan
Noun
charm
- animal
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?arm/
Noun
charm c
- charm; the ability to persuade, delight, or arouse admiration
Declension
Related terms
- charma
- charmant
- charmera
- charmig
- charmerande
- charmör
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thrill
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???l/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): [??????]
- (Ireland) IPA(key): [?????l], [t?????l]
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Old English þ?rlian (“to pierce”), derived from þ?rel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl).
Verb
thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)
- (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
- 1854, Matthew Arnold, Preface to Poems
- vivid and picturesque turns of expression […] which thrill the reader with a sudden delight
- 1854, Matthew Arnold, Preface to Poems
- (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
- (obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
- (obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
- 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age
- I'd thrill my jauelin at the Grecian moysture
- 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age
Derived terms
- enthrill
Translations
Noun
thrill (plural thrills)
- A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.
- A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
- (medicine) A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
- A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Blend of thread (verb) +? drill (verb).
Verb
thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)
- (machining) To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.
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