# charme
## English
### Noun

charme (countable and uncountable, plural charmes)
* Obsolete spelling of charm.

### Anagrams

* Marche, macher

## Champenois
### Alternative forms

* (Rémois) tarme

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin carpinus.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ʃarm/

### Noun

charme m (plural charmes)
* (Troyen, Langrois) hornbeam

### References

* Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
* Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɕɑːmə]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

charme c (singular definite charmen, plural indefinite charmer)
* charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Derived from the noun, probably after English charm.

#### Verb

charme (imperative charm, infinitive at charme, present tense charmer, past tense charmede, perfect tense har charmet)
* to charm (seduce, entrance or fascinate)

##### Conjugation

| | Active | Passive |
| Infinitive | charme | charmes |
| Present tense | charmer | charmes |
| Past tense | charmede | charmedes |
| Imperative | charm | - |
| Participle |||
| Present | charmende | charmende |
| Past | charmet | charmet |
| Gerund | charmen | charmen |

##### Synonyms

* charmere

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃɑr.mə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: char‧me
* Rhymes: -ɑrmə

### Noun

charme m (plural charmes)
* charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)

#### Derived terms

* charmezanger

#### Related terms

* charmant
* charmeren
* charmeur

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaʁm/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

charme m (plural charmes)
* charm, attractive quality
* enchantment; originally, magical incantation
* glamour (alluring beauty or charm, often with sex appeal)
    mannequin de charme; photos de charme

##### Derived terms

* se porter comme un charme

##### Related terms

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

#### Verb

charme
* inflection of charmer:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

charme m (plural charmes)
* (botany) Trees of genus Carpinus (hornbeam), of the Betulaceae family

##### Derived terms

* charme commun
* charmoie (its wood)

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* mâcher
* marche, Marche, marché

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* sciarm

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: $^*$/ˈʃarm(ə)/, (careful style) $^*$/ˈʃaʀm(ə)/
* Rhymes: -arm
* Hyphenation: charme

### Noun

charme m (invariable)
* a charm (quality)

### References

* ↑ charme in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* Marche, marche

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French charme, from Latin carmen.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃarm(ə)/

#### Noun

charme (plural charmes)
* A phrase believed to have magical efficacy; a charm.
* Enchantment; the result of a charm.

##### Related terms

* charmen
* charmer
* charmynge

##### Descendants

* English: charm
* Scots: chairm

##### References

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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

charme
* Alternative form of charmen

## Norman
### Etymology

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

### Noun

charme m (plural charmes)
* (Jersey) spell

#### Synonyms

* chorchéthon

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

charme m (definite singular charmen, indefinite plural charmer, definite plural charmene)
* form removed by a 1991 spelling decision; superseded by sjarm

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

charme m (definite singular charmen, indefinite plural charmar, definite plural charmane)
* (pre-1991) alternative form of sjarm

## Old French
### Noun

charme oblique singular, m (oblique plural charmes, nominative singular charmes, nominative plural charme)
* enchantment; magic spell

#### Descendants

* Sicilian: ciarmu

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃaʁ.mi/ [ˈʃaɦ.mi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃaʁ.mi/ [ˈʃaɦ.mi]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈʃaɾ.mi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʃaʁ.mi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃaɻ.me/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃaɾ.mɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃaɾ.mɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaɾ.mɨ/
* Hyphenation: char‧me

### Noun

charme m (plural charmes)
* charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)
* A street dance style that originated in Brazil