EuroLex/F/Charm
- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: charme - 1. grace, delight, appeal; 2. spell; 3. [bot.] hornbeam
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | noun: šarm | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | noun: charme, verb: charmere | ... | 'meaning 1;
verb: a) to attract or delight greatly; b) to induce by using strong personal attractiveness' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | noun: charme | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| English | noun: charm, verb: to charme | chanting or reciting verses of magical power: 13c,
pleasing quality: 16c, small trinket fastened to a watch-chain, etc.: 19c | 'meaning 1, 2;
and also: a) a small ornament, such as one worn on a bracelet; b) an item worn for its supposed magical benefit, as in warding off evil; an amulet; c) Physics: a quantum property of the charm quark whose conservation explains the absence of certain strange-particle decay modes and that accounts for the longevity of the J particle verb: a) to attract or delight greatly; b) to induce by using strong personal attractiveness; c) to cast or seem to cast a spell on; bewitch' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | noun: sarm | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | noun: Charme, also Scharm | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | noun: šarms | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | noun: sjarm | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | noun: charme | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | noun: šarm | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | noun: charm, verb: charma | ... | 'meaning 1;
verb: a) to attract or delight greatly; b) to induce by using strong personal attractiveness' | '...' | ... |
Annotations
editEtymology: from OF charme "incantation", from L carmen "song, verse, enchantment", from canere "to sing", with dissimilation of -n- to -r- before -m-
Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages
editmeaning 1:
Finnish: viehätysvoima
Hungarian: báj
Italian: fascino
Lithuanian: žavesys
Polish: wdzięk
Slovak: pôvab
Spanish: encanto