# magnet
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonist who founded the city in Lydia). Related to manganese, magnesia and magnesium.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmæɡnət/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈmæɡnɪt/
* Homophone: magnate (one pronunciation)
* Rhymes: -ɪt

### Noun

magnet (plural magnets)
* A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
* (informal, figuratively, often in combination) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
    He always had a girl on his arm – he's a bit of a babe magnet.
** 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 157:Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff.
** 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville:Again, dude? Man, you just a MAGNET for trouble!
** 2007 March, J. Michael Fay, “Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma”, in National Geographic, section 47:[…] I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.
** 2022, Steve Mann, Easy Peasy Cocker Spaniel:Regular baths will help keep your dog clean and fresh-smelling. The frequency will depend entirely on your own preferences as well as how much of a mud-magnet your dog is!
* (Internet) Short for magnet link.
** 2019, David Adams, Ann-Kathrin Maier, Big Seven Study (2016): 7 open source Crypto-Messengers to be compared, page 142:Magnets are thus used to create a package of cryptologic information and bundling it together.

#### Coordinate terms

* electret (a magnet analog for electric charge)

#### Derived terms

* corrector magnet
* cow magnet
* diamagnet
* electret
* electro-magnet
* fanny magnet
* ferrimagnet
* ferromagnet
* fist magnet
* helimagnet
* magnetarium
* magnet fishing
* magnetic, (obsolete) magnetical
* magnetify
* magnetimeter
* magnetise, magnetize
* magnetism, (obsolete) magnetod
* magnetite
* magnetlike
* magneto
* magnetod
* magnetoionic, magnetionic
* magneton
* magnet play
* magnet therapy
* metamagnet
* micromagnet
* Mount Magnet
* nanomagnet
* neodymium magnet
* nonmagnet
* oven magnet
* paramagnet
* photo magnet
* pussy magnet
* rare earth magnet
* refrigerator magnet
* single-molecule magnet
* speromagnet
* welfare magnet
* babe magnet
* bar magnet
* bitch magnet
* chick magnet
* electromagnet
* fridge magnet
* magnet link
* magnet school
* man magnet
* permanent magnet
* track magnet

#### Related terms

* Magnesia
* magnetic
* magnetism
* magnetite

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: magnet
* →? Indonesian: magnet
* →? Malay: magnet
* → Tagalog: magnet
* → Welsh: magnet

#### Translations
### See also

* magnet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Getman

## Albanian
### Noun

magnet m (plural magnete, definite magneti, definite plural magnetet)
* magnet

#### Declension
### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from English magnet, from Old French magnete, Latin magnetum "lodestone" from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonist who founded the city in Lydia).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: mag‧net

### Noun

magnet
* magnet

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις (magnêtis).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmaɡnɛt]

### Noun

magnet m inan
* magnet

#### Related terms

* elektromagnet
* elektromagnetický
* elektromagnetismus
* magič
* magnetický
* magnetismus
* magnetizovat
* magnetka
* magnetofon
* magnetosféra
* magnetoskop
* magnetovat
* magneťák

### Further reading

* “magnet”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “magnet”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “magnet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

magnet c (singular definite magneten, plural indefinite magneter)
* magnet

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “magnet” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑɡ̊net/

### Noun

magnet (genitive magneti, partitive magnetit)
* magnet

#### Declension
### Further reading

* magnet in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “magnet”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* “magnet”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

## Faroese
### Noun

magnet f (genitive singular magnetar, plural magnetir)
* magnet

#### Synonyms

* sigul
* magnetur

### References

* "magnet" at Sprotin.fo

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* maknit (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch magneet, from Middle Dutch magneet, from older magnes, from Latin magnēs, from Ancient Greek μαγνήτης λίθος (magnḗtēs líthos).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈmaɡnɛt/ [ˈmak̚.nɛt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -aɡnɛt
* Syllabification: mag‧net

### Noun

magnet (plural magnet-magnet)
* magnet:
** (electromagnetism) a piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism
    Synonyms: sembrani, besi sembrani, batu semberani, batu berani

#### Derived terms

* bermagnet
* kemagnetan
* memagnetkan
* pemagnetan
* magnet kulkas

#### Related terms

* magnetis

### Further reading

* “magnet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

From English magnet, from Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɛk.nɛt]
* Rhymes: -nɛt, -ɛt
* Hyphenation: mag‧net

### Noun

magnet (Jawi spelling مݢنيت, plural magnet-magnet, informal 1st possessive magnetku, 2nd possessive magnetmu, 3rd possessive magnetnya)
* A magnet.
    Synonyms: besi berani, semberani

#### Affixations

* bermagnet (“magnetic”)
* kemagnetan (“magneticness”)
* magnetan (“magneticness”)
* magnetkan (“to magnetize”)
* pemagnetan (“magnetization”)
* termagnet (“magnetized”)

#### Compounds

* magnet kekal (“permanent magnet”)
* magnet ladam (“horseshoe magnet”)
* magnet sementara (“temporary magnet”)

### Further reading

* “magnet” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Middle English
### Noun

magnet
* Alternative form of magnete

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magneter, definite plural magnetene)
* a magnet

#### Derived terms

* elektromagnet
* magnetfelt

#### Related terms

* magnetisk
* magnetisme

### References

* “magnet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magnetar, definite plural magnetane)
* a magnet

#### Derived terms

* elektromagnet
* magnetfelt

#### Related terms

* magnetisk
* magnetisme

### References

* “magnet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Magnet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɡˈnet/

### Noun

magnet m (plural magneți)
* magnet

#### Declension
### Further reading

* magnet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “the exact, indirect route from Greek, please”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǎɡneːt/
* Hyphenation: mag‧net

### Noun

màgnēt m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀гне̄т)
* a magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)

#### Declension
### References

* “magnet”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmaɡnet]

### Noun

magnet m inan (relational adjective magnetový or magnetický)
* magnet

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “magnet”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɡnéːt/

### Noun

magnẹ̑t m inan
* magnet

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

* “magnet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “the exact route, please”)

### Noun

magnet c
* a magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)
* (figuratively) something that attracts something
    en riktig publikmagneta real attraction [a real audience magnet]
    brudmagnetchick magnet

#### Related terms

* avmagnetisera
* brudmagnet
* fittmagnet
* kylskåpsmagnet
* magnetisera
* magnetisk
* magnetisör

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: magneetti

### References

* magnet in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* magnet in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* magnet in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English magnet.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmaɡnet/ [ˈmaɡ.n̪ɛt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -aɡnet
* Syllabification: mag‧net

### Noun

magnet (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜈᜒᜆ᜔)
* magnet
    Synonym: balani

#### Related terms

* magnetiko
* magnetismo

### Further reading

* “magnet”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English magnet.

### Noun

magnet m or f (plural magnetau or magnets)
* magnet

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “magnet”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies