charmer

English

Etymology

From Middle English charmer, charmere, equivalent to charm +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑɹmɚ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Noun

charmer (plural charmers)

  1. A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.
    • 2007 December 3, Christy Lemire, “Review: "Juno" A Small Comic Charmer”, in CBS News‎[1]:
      And "Juno" is the kind of movie all indie comedies wish they could be: light and lovable, perhaps a bit too pleased with the cleverness of its dialogue, but a small charmer nonetheless.
  2. An enchanter or magician.
  3. (ironic) A rude or unpleasant person.
    • 2012 December 27, The G2 Supplement, “Best slapdowns of 2012”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      What a charmer, Karl Lagerfeld

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Danish

Noun

charmer c

  1. indefinite plural of charme

Verb

charmer

  1. present of charme
  2. imperative of charmere

French

Etymology

From charme.

Pronunciation

Verb

charmer

  1. to charm (with magic)
  2. to charm

Conjugation

Conjugation of charmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple charmer
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

  • → Italian: ciurmare

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French charmier; equivalent to charmen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃarˈmeːr/, /ˈt͡ʃarmər/

Noun

charmer (plural charmeres)

  1. A mage or spellcaster; an individual who uses magic.
  2. (rare) One who intrigues or interests others.

Descendants

References

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin carmināre.

Verb

charmer

  1. 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
infinitive charmer avoir charmé
gerund en charmant gerund of avoir + 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 present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— charme — charmons charmez —

Descendants

  • → Neapolitan: nciarmare
  • → Sicilian: ciarmari
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