magnet
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmæɡnət/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmæɡnɪt/
- Homophone: magnate (one pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -ɪt
Noun
[edit]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.
- 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[sic] it together.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- electret (a magnet analog for electric charge)
Derived terms
[edit]- 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 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
Related terms
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See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Albanian
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet m (plural magnete, definite magneti, definite plural magnetet)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “magnet”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- Hyphenation: mag‧net
Noun
[edit]magnet
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις (magnêtis).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet m inan
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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)
Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet c (singular definite magneten, plural indefinite magneter)
Declension
[edit]common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | magnet | magneten | magneter | magneterne |
genitive | magnets | magnetens | magneters | magneternes |
Further reading
[edit]- “magnet” in Den Danske Ordbog
Estonian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet (genitive magneti, partitive magnetit)
Declension
[edit]Declension of magnet (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet f (genitive singular magnetar, plural magnetir)
Declension
[edit]Declension of magnet | ||||
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- "magnet" at Sprotin.fo
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch magneet, from Middle Dutch magneet, from older magnes, from Latin magnēs, from Ancient Greek μαγνήτης λίθος (magnḗtēs líthos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet (plural magnet-magnet, first-person possessive magnetku, second-person possessive magnetmu, third-person possessive magnetnya)
- magnet:
- (electromagnetism) a piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
- Synonyms: sembrani, besi sembrani, batu semberani, batu berani
- (electromagnetism) a piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet (Jawi spelling مݢنيت, plural magnet-magnet, informal 1st possessive magnetku, 2nd possessive magnetmu, 3rd possessive magnetnya)
Further reading
[edit]- “magnet” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet
- Alternative form of magnete
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magneter, definite plural magnetene)
- a magnet
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “magnet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magnetar, definite plural magnetane)
- a magnet
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “magnet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet m (plural magneți)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Further reading
[edit]- magnet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit](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
[edit]Noun
[edit]màgnēt m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀гне̄т)
- a magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- “magnet” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet m inan
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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, 2024
Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnẹ̑t m inan
Declension
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
[edit]- “magnet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “the exact route, please”)
Noun
[edit]magnet c
- a magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)
Declension
[edit]Declension of magnet | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | magnet | magneten | magneter | magneterna |
Genitive | magnets | magnetens | magneters | magneternas |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Finnish: magneetti
References
[edit]- magnet in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- magnet in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- magnet in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmaɡnet/ [ˈmaɡ.n̪ɛt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -aɡnet
- Syllabification: mag‧net
Noun
[edit]magnet (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜈᜒᜆ᜔)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “magnet”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnet m or f (plural magnetau or magnets)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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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
[edit]- 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
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