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(key): /ˈmæɡnət/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /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.
- 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
- 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 therapy
- metamagnet
- micromagnet
- nanomagnet
- neodymium magnet
- nonmagnet
- paramagnet
- photo magnet
- pussy magnet
- rare earth magnet
- refrigerator magnet
- single-molecule magnet
- speromagnet
Descendants
Translations
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Anagrams
Albanian
Declension
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
Czech
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις (magnêtis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaɡnɛt]
Declension
Related terms
- elektromagnet
- elektromagnetický
- elektromagnetismus
- magič
- magnetický
- magnetismus
- magnetizovat
- magnetka
- magnetofon
- magnetosféra
- magnetoskop
- magnetovat
- magneťák
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑɡ̊net/
Declension
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
- 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
Declension
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 |
References
- "magnet" at Sprotin.fo
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch magneet, from Middle Dutch magneet, from older magnes, from Latin magnēs, from Ancient Greek μαγνήτης λίθος (magnḗtēs líthos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmak.nɛt/
- Rhymes: -nɛt
- Hyphenation: mag‧net
Noun
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
- bermagnet
- kemagnetan
- memagnetkan
- pemagnetan
- magnet kulkas
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
Noun
magnet (Jawi spelling مݢنيت, plural magnet-magnet, informal 1st possessive magnetku, 2nd possessive magnetmu, 3rd possessive magnetnya)
Further reading
- “magnet” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magneter, definite plural magnetene)
- a magnet
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “magnet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magnetar, definite plural magnetane)
- a magnet
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “magnet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɡˈnet/
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(key): /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
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaɡɲet]
Noun
magnet m inan (genitive singular magnetu, nominative plural magnety, genitive plural magnetov)
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, 2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɡnéːt/
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “magnet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “the exact route, please”)
Declension
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
Descendants
- → Finnish: magneetti
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɡnet/, [ˈmaɡ.nɛt]
- Hyphenation: mag‧net
Related terms
Further reading
- “magnet”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Welsh
Mutation
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
- 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