charm

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
2. (countable, in-plural, often, uncountable) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
3. (countable, uncountable) A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
4. (countable, uncountable) The collective noun for a group of goldfinches.
5. (countable, particle, uncountable) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
6. (countable, uncountable) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
7. (countable, uncountable) An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.

Verb

1. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
2. (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.
3. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
4. (obsolete, rare) To make music upon.
5. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

Concepts

charme

amulette

fétiche

attrait

charmer

sortilège

grâce

ravir

talisman

ensorceler

sort

enchanter

séduction

séduire

porte-bonheur

attraction

magie

🪄

fasciner

mérite

pouvoir

prospérer

représentation

saisir

se mouiller

subjuguer

sympathie

tenter

vanité

amouracher

charisme

délicatesse

envoûtement

jeter un sort sur

raffinement

rayonnement

s’humidifier

tirer parti

tirer bénéfice

teinte et parfum

point positif

agrément

vertue

apparence

attirer

beauté

breloque

captiver

charmant

éclat

enchantement

Opposé de

boredom, dryness

Synonymes

amulet

spell

fascinate

beauty

captivate

enchant

bewitch

fascination

talisman

attractiveness

grace

attraction

fetish

incantation

enchantment

allure

appeal

delight

attract

loveliness

glamour

lure

magic

🪄

beguile

gracefulness

tempt

entrance

becharm

enamour

enamor

glamor

mesmerize

charisma

enrapture

sorcery

seduce

charming

captivation

seductiveness

pleasantness

please

influence

draw

hex

catch

cast a spell

capture

allurement

favour

enthrall

Traductions

Charme

encanto

fascino

Zauber

Reiz

γοητεία

incanto

encantar

Amulett

Talisman

bezaubern

attrattiva

betoveren

charme

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tʃɑːm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: charme

Hérité de moyen anglais: chirme

Hérité de ancien anglais: cierm

In summary

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