charmer
English
Etymology
From Middle English charmer, charmere, equivalent to charm + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑɹmɚ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)
Noun
charmer (plural charmers)
- A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.
- An enchanter or magician.
Related terms
- charm
- charming
- snake charmer
Translations
a charming person
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an enchanter or magician
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Anagrams
- marcher
Danish
Noun
charmer c
- indefinite plural of charme
Verb
charmer
- present of charme
- imperative of charmere
French
Etymology
From charme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.me/
Audio (file)
Verb
charmer
- to charm (with magic)
- to charm
Conjugation
Conjugation of charmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | charmer | |||||
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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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
- charmant
- charme
- charmeresse
- charmeur
- charmeuse
Descendants
- → Italian: ciurmare
Further reading
- “charmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- marcher
Middle English
Alternative forms
- charmere, charmor, charmar, chermar
Etymology
From Old French charmier; equivalent to charmen + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃarmɛr/
Noun
charmer (plural charmeres)
- A mage or spellcaster; an individual who uses magic.
- (rare) One who intrigues or interests others.
Descendants
- English: charmer
- Scots: chairmer
References
- “charmere, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-14.
Old French
Verb
charmer
- to charm; to enchant (put under a magic spell)
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 | ||||||
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infinitive | charmer | avoir charmé | |||||
gerund | en charmant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | charme | — | charmons | charmez | — |
Descendants
- Sicilian: ciarmari