charmer
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English
Etymology
From Middle English charmer, charmere, equivalent to charm + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑɹmɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)
Noun
charmer (plural charmers)
- A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.
- An enchanter or magician.
- (ironic) A rude or unpleasant person.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
a charming person
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an enchanter or magician
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Anagrams
Danish
Noun
charmer c
Verb
charmer
- present of charme
- imperative of charmere
French
Etymology
From charme.
Pronunciation
Verb
charmer
Conjugation
Conjugation of charmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | charmer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | charmant /ʃaʁ.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | charmé /ʃaʁ.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | charme /ʃaʁm/ |
charmes /ʃaʁm/ |
charme /ʃaʁm/ |
charmons /ʃaʁ.mɔ̃/ |
charmez /ʃaʁ.me/ |
charment /ʃaʁm/ |
| imperfect | charmais /ʃaʁ.mɛ/ |
charmais /ʃaʁ.mɛ/ |
charmait /ʃaʁ.mɛ/ |
charmions /ʃaʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
charmiez /ʃaʁ.mje/ |
charmaient /ʃaʁ.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | charmai /ʃaʁ.me/ |
charmas /ʃaʁ.ma/ |
charma /ʃaʁ.ma/ |
charmâmes /ʃaʁ.mam/ |
charmâtes /ʃaʁ.mat/ |
charmèrent /ʃaʁ.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | charmerai /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
charmeras /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
charmera /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
charmerons /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ |
charmerez /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
charmeront /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | charmerais /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
charmerais /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
charmerait /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
charmerions /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
charmeriez /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁje/ |
charmeraient /ʃaʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | charme /ʃaʁm/ |
charmes /ʃaʁm/ |
charme /ʃaʁm/ |
charmions /ʃaʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
charmiez /ʃaʁ.mje/ |
charment /ʃaʁm/ |
| imperfect2 | charmasse /ʃaʁ.mas/ |
charmasses /ʃaʁ.mas/ |
charmât /ʃaʁ.ma/ |
charmassions /ʃaʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
charmassiez /ʃaʁ.ma.sje/ |
charmassent /ʃaʁ.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | charme /ʃaʁm/ |
— | charmons /ʃaʁ.mɔ̃/ |
charmez /ʃaʁ.me/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Descendants
- → Italian: ciurmare
Further reading
- “charmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French charmier; equivalent to charmen + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
charmer (plural charmeres)
- A mage or spellcaster; an individual who uses magic.
- (rare) One who intrigues or interests others.
Descendants
References
- “charmere, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-14.
Old French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin carmināre.
Verb
charmer
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rms, *-rmt are modified to rs, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of charmer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | charmer | avoir charmé | |||||
| gerund | en charmant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | charmant | ||||||
| past participle | charmé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | charm | charmes | charme | charmons | charmez | charment |
| imperfect | charmoie, charmeie, charmoe, charmeve | charmoies, charmeies, charmoes, charmeves | charmoit, charmeit, charmot, charmeve | charmiiens, charmiens | charmiiez, charmiez | charmoient, charmeient, charmoent, charmevent | |
| preterite | charmai | charmas | charma | charmames | charmastes | charmerent | |
| future | charmerai | charmeras | charmera | charmerons | charmeroiz, charmereiz, charmerez | charmeront | |
| conditional | charmeroie, charmereie | charmeroies, charmereies | charmeroit, charmereit | charmeriiens, charmeriens | charmeriiez, charmeriez | charmeroient, charmereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | charm | chars | chart | charmons | charmez | charment |
| imperfect | charmasse | charmasses | charmast | charmissons, charmissiens | charmissoiz, charmissez, charmissiez | charmassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | charme | — | charmons | charmez | — | ||