enchantement

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French

Etymology

From Middle French enchantement, from Old French enchantement.

Pronunciation

Noun

enchantement m (plural enchantements)

  1. enchantment
    • 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J-J Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, , →OCLC:
      « Je savais déjà bien, s’écria-t-il, que dans cette maudite maison tout est enchantement ; l’autre fois, au même endroit où je me trouve à présent, on m’a roué de coups de poing et de coups de pied, sans que j’aie su qui me les donnait, et sans que j’aie pu voir personne ; et voilà que maintenant cette tête ne paraît pas, moi qui l’ai vu couper de mes propres yeux, si bien que le sang coulait du corps comme d’une fontaine. »
      "I already knew well," cried he, "that in this cursed house all is enchantment; the other time, in the same spot where I am at present, someone beat me with blows from fists and feet, without my knowing who gave them to me, and without my being able to see anyone; and here now this head is not appearing, I having seen in cut off with my own eyes so well that the blood flowed from the body like from a fountain."

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

enchantement

  1. Alternative form of enchauntement

Middle French

Etymology

Old French enchantement.

Noun

enchantement m (plural enchantemens)

  1. enchantment; spell

Descendants

  • French: enchantement

Old French

Etymology

enchanter +‎ -ment

Noun

enchantement oblique singularm (oblique plural enchantemenz or enchantementz, nominative singular enchantemenz or enchantementz, nominative plural enchantement)

  1. charm (item with supposed magical powers)

Descendants