B1noun · countable / uncountable · common

charm

charm · charms

чарівність

очарование, талисман, амулет, оберег

Zauber, Charme, Amulett, Charm

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

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UK/tʃɑːm/US/t͡ʃɑɹm/

» Your grandmother is a charming lady.

Deine Großmutter ist eine charmante Dame.

Ваша бабушка — очаровательная дама.

Твоя бабуся - чарівна жіночка!

Meaning

9 senses

(countable, uncountable)An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
a charm against evil
It works like a charm.
Amulett, Zauber
амуле́тamulét, талисма́нtalismán, обере́гoberég
(countable, in the plural, often, uncountable)The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
He had great personal charm.
She tried to win him over with her charms.
Charme
обая́ниеobajánije, очарова́ниеočarovánije, шармšarm
чарі́вністьčarívnistʹ
(countable, uncountable)A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.
Zauberarmband
брело́кbrelók
(collective, countable, uncountable)A group of goldfinches or other songbirds, or sometimes hummingbirds.
(countable, particle, uncountable)A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
(countable, uncountable)A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
(countable, uncountable)An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.
The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
A flock, group (especially of finches).

More definitions

something believed to bring good luck
(physics) one of the six flavors of quark, the third most massive of all quarks
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
a verbal formula believed to have magical force

Examples

496 sentences

Your grandmother is a charming lady.
Твоя бабуся - чарівна жіночка!
ruВаша бабушка — очаровательная дама.
deDeine Großmutter ist eine charmante Dame.
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Mary is charming and attractive.
Мері чарівна та приваблива.
ruМэри очаровательна и привлекательна.
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Mary is kind of charming.
Мері, в якомусь сенсі, чарівна.
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Tom is charming.
Том чарівний.
deTom ist charmant.
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You were charming.
Ти був чарівний.
ruТы была очаровательна.
deDu warst hinreißend.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

property of subatomic particle:

Русский

By meaning 4

property of subatomic particle:

something with magic power:

quality of inspiring delight or admiration:

a small trinket on a bracelet or chain:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

property of subatomic particle:

something with magic power:

quality of inspiring delight or admiration:

a small trinket on a bracelet or chain:

Origin

From Middle English charme, from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carm

From Middle English charme, from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carmen (“song, incantation”). Displaced native Old English lybb (“drug, poison, charm”).

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.

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