charme

charme (countable and uncountable, plural charmes)

1. Obsolete spelling of charm

• Marche, macher

• IPA^(key): [ˈɕɑːmə]

Borrowed from French charme, from Latin carmen (“song”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

charme c (singular definite charmen, plural indefinite charmer)

1. charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)

Derived from the noun, probably after English charm.

charme (imperative charm, infinitive at charme, present tense charmer, past tense charmede, perfect tense har charmet)

1. to charm (seduce, entrance or fascinate)

• charmere

Borrowed from French charme (“charm”), from Middle French charme (“spell; charm”), from Old French charme (“spell”), from Latin carmen (“song; incantation”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑr.mə/

• charme

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• Hyphenation: char‧me
• Rhymes: -ɑrmə

charme m (plural charmes)

1. charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)

• charmezanger

• charmant
• charmeren
• charmeur

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁm/

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Inherited from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carminem (“song, recitement, incantation”).

charme m (plural charmes)

1. charm, attractive quality
2. enchantment; originally, magical incantation
3. glamour (alluring beauty or charm, often with sex appeal)

   mannequin de charme; photos de charme

• se porter comme un charme

• charmant(e)
• charmer (verb)
• charmeur m
• charmeuse f

charme

1. inflection of charmer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Inherited from Old French, from Latin carpinus, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).

charme m (plural charmes)

1. (botany) Trees of genus Carpinus (hornbeam), of the Betulaceae family

• “charme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• mâcher
• marche, Marche, marché

• sciarm

Borrowed from French charme, from Latin carmen (“song, recitement, incantation”).

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃarm/, (careful style) ^*/ˈʃaʀm/[1]
• Rhymes: -arm
• Hyphenation: charme

charme m (invariable)

1. a charm (quality)

• Marche, marche

Borrowed from Old French charme, from Latin carmen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃarm(ə)/

charme (plural charmes)

1. A phrase believed to have magical efficacy; a charm.
2. Enchantment; the result of a charm.

• charmen
• charmer
• charmynge

• English: charm
• Scots: chairm

• “charme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-14.

charme

1. Alternative form of charmen

Borrowed from French charme, from Old French charme, from Latin carmen (“song, recitement, incantation”).

charme m (plural charmes)

1. (Jersey) spell

• chorchéthon

charme m (definite singular charmen, indefinite plural charmer, definite plural charmene)

1. form removed by a 1991 spelling decision; superseded by sjarm

charme m (definite singular charmen, indefinite plural charmar, definite plural charmane)

1. (pre-1991) alternative form of sjarm

charme oblique singular, m (oblique plural charmes, nominative singular charmes, nominative plural charme)

1. enchantment; magic spell

• Hyphenation: char‧me

charme m (plural charmes)

1. charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)