charme
Middle English
/ˈtʃarm(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A phrase believed to have magical efficacy; a charm.
- Enchantment; the result of a charm.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French charme (magic spell, chant, spell) derived from Latin carmen (song, incantation, recitement, card for wool flax, charm).
Origin
Latin
carmen
Gloss
song, incantation, recitement, card for wool flax, charm
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
歌, 唄
Emoji
🎵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticharm English
- becharm English
- charm English
- charmable English
- charmer English
- charmest English
- charmeth English
- charmfest English
- charmful English
- charming English
- charmless English
- charmlet English
- charmlike English
- charmonium English
- charmstone English
- charmwork English
- countercharm English
- decharm English
- discharm English
- encharm English
- exocharmic English
- outcharm English
- scharm English
- uncharm English
- carmen Latin
- carmen, carminis Latin
- carmino Latin
- charmonio Italian
- charme French
- *kan- Proto-Indo-European
- sjarm Norwegian Bokmål
- チャーム Japanese
- sjarm Norwegian Nynorsk
- charmen Middle English
- charmer Middle English
- charmyng Middle English
- charm Danish
- charme Old French
- charmer Old French
- kalmen Tagalog
- charme Middle French
- *kanmen Proto-Italic