magnet

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmagnete,viaOld Frenchmagnete,Latinmagnēs, magnētem(“lodestone”),fromAncient Greekμαγνῆτις[λίθος](magnêtis [líthos],“Magnesian[stone]”),either after theLydiancityMagnesia ad Sipylum(modern-dayManisa,Turkey), or after the Greek region ofΜαγνησία(Magnēsía)(whence came the colonist who founded the city in Lydia). Related tomanganese,magnesiaandmagnesium.

A stack of ferritemagnets

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Noun

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magnet(pluralmagnets)

  1. A piece of material that attracts somemetalsbymagnetism.
  2. (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 babemagnet.
    • 1939September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, inRailway Magazine,page157:
      Iron and coal were themagnetsthat 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.
    • 2007March, J. Michael Fay, “Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma”, inNational Geographic,section 47:
      […]I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act asmagnetsto 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-magnetyour dog is!
  3. (Internet)Short formagnet link.
    • 2019,David Adams, Ann-Kathrin Maier,Big Seven Study (2016): 7 open source Crypto-Messengers to be compared,page142:
      Magnetsare thus used to create a package of cryptologic information and bundling[sic]it together.

Coordinate terms

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  • electret(a magnet analog for electric charge)

Derived terms

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Compound words and expressions
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Descendants

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

Translations

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Anagrams

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Albanian

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Noun

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magnetm(pluralmagnete,definitemagneti,definite pluralmagnetet)

  1. magnet

Declension

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Declension ofmagnet
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative magnet magneti magnete magnetet
accusative magnetin
dative magneti magnetit magneteve magneteve
ablative magnetesh

Further reading

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  • “magnet”, inFGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe[Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1](in Albanian),1980

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishmagnet,fromOld Frenchmagnete,Latinmagnetum"lodestone"fromAncient Greekμαγνῆτις [λίθος](magnêtis [líthos],“Magnesian[stone]”),either after theLydiancityMagnesia ad Sipylum(modern-dayManisa,Turkey), or after the Greek region ofΜαγνησία(Magnēsía)(whence came the colonist who founded the city in Lydia).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation:mag‧net

Noun

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magnet

  1. magnet

Czech

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Etymology

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DerivedfromAncient Greekμαγνῆτις(magnêtis).

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Noun

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magnetminan

  1. magnet

Declension

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Declension ofmagnet(hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative magnet magnety
genitive magnetu magnetů
dative magnetu magnetům
accusative magnet magnety
vocative magnete magnety
locative magnetě,magnetu magnetech
instrumental magnetem magnety
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Further reading

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  • “magnet”,inPříruční slovník jazyka českého(in Czech),1935–1957
  • “magnet”,inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého(in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
  • “magnet”,inInternetová jazyková příručka(in Czech)

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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magnetc(singular definitemagneten,plural indefinitemagneter)

  1. magnet

Declension

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Declension ofmagnet
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative magnet magneten magneter magneterne
genitive magnets magnetens magneters magneternes

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Estonian

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EstonianWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediaet

Pronunciation

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Noun

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magnet(genitivemagneti,partitivemagnetit)

  1. magnet

Declension

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Declension ofmagnet(ÕS type2/õpik,no gradation)
singular plural
nominative magnet magnetid
accusative nom.
gen. magneti
genitive magnetite
partitive magnetit magneteid
illative magnetisse magnetitesse
magneteisse
inessive magnetis magnetites
magneteis
elative magnetist magnetitest
magneteist
allative magnetile magnetitele
magneteile
adessive magnetil magnetitel
magneteil
ablative magnetilt magnetitelt
magneteilt
translative magnetiks magnetiteks
magneteiks
terminative magnetini magnetiteni
essive magnetina magnetitena
abessive magnetita magnetiteta
comitative magnetiga magnetitega

Further reading

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  • magnetinSõnaveeb(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

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Noun

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magnetf(genitive singularmagnetar,pluralmagnetir)

  1. magnet

Declension

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Declension ofmagnet
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative magnet magnetin magnetir magnetirnar
accusative magnet magnetina magnetir magnetirnar
dative magnet magnetini magnetum magnetunum
genitive magnetar magnetarinnar magneta magnetanna

Synonyms

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromDutchmagneet,fromMiddle Dutchmagneet,from oldermagnes,fromLatinmagnēs,fromAncient Greekμαγνήτης λίθος(magnḗtēs líthos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈmak.nɛt/
  • Rhymes:-nɛt
  • Hyphenation:mag‧net

Noun

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magnet(pluralmagnet-magnet,first-person possessivemagnetku,second-person possessivemagnetmu,third-person possessivemagnetnya)

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

Derived terms

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Malay

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Etymology

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FromEnglishmagnet,fromMiddle Englishmagnete,viaOld Frenchmagnete,Latinmagnēs, magnētem(“lodestone”),fromAncient Greekμαγνῆτις[λίθος](magnêtis [líthos],“Magnesian[stone]”).

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magnet(Jawi spellingمݢنيت,pluralmagnet-magnet,informal 1st possessivemagnetku,2nd possessivemagnetmu,3rd possessivemagnetnya)

  1. Amagnet.
    Synonyms:besi berani,semberani

Affixations

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Middle English

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Noun

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magnet

  1. Alternative form ofmagnete

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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magnetm(definite singularmagneten,indefinite pluralmagneter,definite pluralmagnetene)

  1. amagnet

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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magnetm(definite singularmagneten,indefinite pluralmagnetar,definite pluralmagnetane)

  1. amagnet

Derived terms

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Romanian

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromGermanMagnet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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magnetm(pluralmagneți)

  1. magnet

Declension

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Declension ofmagnet
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un)magnet magnetul (niște)magneți magneții
genitive/dative (unui)magnet magnetului (unor)magneți magneților
vocative magnetule magneților

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/mǎɡneːt/
  • Hyphenation:mag‧net

Noun

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màgnētm(Cyrillic spellingма̀гне̄т)

  1. amagnet(piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)

Declension

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Declension ofmagnet
singular plural
nominative màgnēt magneti
genitive magnéta magneta
dative magnetu magnetima
accusative magnet magnete
vocative magnete magneti
locative magnetu magnetima
instrumental magnetom magnetima

References

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  • “magnet”,inHrvatski jezični portal[Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2024

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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magnetminan(genitivesingularmagnetu,nominativepluralmagnety,genitivepluralmagnetov)

  1. magnet

Declension

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Declension ofmagnet
singular plural
nominative magnet magnety
genitive magnetu magnetov
dative magnetu magnetom
accusative magnet magnety
locative magnete magnetoch
instrumental magnetom magnetmi

Further reading

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  • “magnet”,inSlovníkový 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,2024

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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magnẹ̑tminan

  1. magnet

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This noun needs aninflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • “magnet”,inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU,portal Fran

Swedish

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enmagnetoch järnfilspån [amagnetand iron filings]

Etymology

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(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.Particularly: “the exact route, please” )

Noun

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magnetc

  1. amagnet(piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)
  2. (figuratively)something that attracts something
    en riktig publikmagnet
    a real attraction [a real audiencemagnet]
    brudmagnet
    chick magnet

Declension

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Declension ofmagnet
nominative genitive
singular indefinite magnet magnets
definite magneten magnetens
plural indefinite magneter magneters
definite magneterna magneternas
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Descendants

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromEnglishmagnet.

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magnet(Baybayin spellingᜋᜄ᜔ᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. magnet
    Synonym:balani
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Further reading

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  • “magnet”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018

Welsh

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromEnglishmagnet.

Noun

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magnetmorf(pluralmagnetauormagnets)

  1. magnet

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
magnet fagnet unchanged unchanged
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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