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English
Etymology
magnet + -ism
Pronunciation
( UK ) enPR : mägnĕtĭzm , IPA (key ) : /ˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪz.əm/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧tism
Noun
magnetism (countable and uncountable , plural magnetisms )
( physics ) The property of being magnetic .
( physics ) The science which treats of magnetic phenomena .
Power of attraction ; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections .
Animal magnetism .
1936 , Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art , London: Long, page 231 :Mediums [...] should also realise that it is essential to lead a particularly abstinent life, and to conserve their magnetism .
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
the property of being magnetic
Albanian: magnetizëm (sq) m
Arabic: مِغْنَاطِيسِيَّة f ( miḡnāṭīsiyya ) , مَغْنَاطِيسِيَّة f ( maḡnāṭīsiyya )
Armenian: մագնիսականություն (hy) ( magnisakanutʻyun )
Asturian: magnetismu
Azerbaijani: maqnetizm
Basque: magnetismo (eu)
Belarusian: магнеты́зм m ( mahnjetýzm ) , магнэты́зм m ( mahnetýzm )
Bengali: চুম্বকত্ব ( cumbokotto )
Bulgarian: магнети́зъм m ( magnetízǎm )
Catalan: magnetisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 磁性 (zh) ( cíxìng ) ( property ) , 磁學 / 磁学 ( cíxué ) ( science )
Crimean Tatar: mıqnatislik , magnetizm
Czech: magnetismus (cs) m
Danish: magnetisme c
Dutch: magnetisme (nl) n
Esperanto: magnetismo (eo)
Estonian: magnetism (et)
Faroese: magnetisma f
Finnish: magnetismi (fi)
French: magnétisme (fr) m
Galician: magnetismo (gl)
Georgian: მაგნეტიზმი ( magneṭizmi )
German: Magnetismus (de) m
Greek: μαγνητισμός (el) m ( magnitismós )
Hebrew: מַגְנֵטִיּוּת (he) f ( magnétiut )
Hindi: चुंबकत्व m ( cumbakatva )
Hungarian: mágnesesség (hu)
Icelandic: segulmagn n
Indonesian: magnetik (id)
Irish: maighnéadas m , adhmainteas m
Italian: magnetismo (it) m
Japanese: 磁気 (ja) ( じき, jiki ) , 磁性 (ja) ( じせい, jisei )
Kazakh: магнетизм ( magnetizm )
Korean: 자기(磁氣) (ko) ( jagi )
Kyrgyz: магнетизм ( magnetizm )
Latin: magnētismus m
Latvian: magnētisms m
Lithuanian: magnetizmas m
Macedonian: магнети́зам m ( magnetízam )
Malay: kemagnetan (ms) , magnetisme
Norman: manniétisme m ( continental Normandy )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: magnetisme m
Pashto: مقناطيسيت m ( maqnātisyat )
Persian: مغناطیس (fa) ( mağnâtis )
Portuguese: magnetismo (pt) m
Romanian: magnetism (ro) n
Russian: магнети́зм (ru) m ( magnetízm )
Sardinian: magnetismu m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: магнетѝзам m
Roman: magnetìzam (sh) m
Sicilian: magnetismu m
Slovak: magnetizmus m
Slovene: magnetizem m
Spanish: magnetismo (es) m
Swedish: magnetism (sv) c
Tagalog: kabalnian , balnian
Telugu: అయస్కాంతత్వము (te) ( ayaskāntatvamu )
Thai: ความเป็นแม่เหล็ก ( kwaam-bpen-mɛ̂ɛ-lèk )
Turkish: manyetizma (tr)
Turkmen: magnetizm
Ukrainian: магнети́зм m ( mahnetýzm )
Urdu: مِقناطِیسِیَّت f ( miqnātīsiyyat )
Uzbek: magnetizm (uz)
Vietnamese: từ tính (vi) , tính từ (vi)
science which treats of magnetic phenomena
power of attraction; power to excite the feelings
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French magnétisme . By surface analysis , magnet + -ism .
Noun
magnetism n (uncountable )
magnetism
Declension
declension of magnetism (singular only)
singular
n gender
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
nominative/accusative
(un) magnetism
magnetismul
genitive/dative
(unui) magnetism
magnetismului
vocative
magnetismule
Swedish
Etymology
magnet + -ism
Noun
magnetism c
magnetism
Declension
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