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See also: magnet- and 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

Noun

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magnet (plural magnets)

  1. A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
  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 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!
  3. (Internet) Ellipsis of 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

Compound words and expressions

Descendants

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

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Albanian

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Noun

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

  1. magnet

Declension

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Further reading

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

  1. magnet

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις (magnêtis).

Pronunciation

Noun

magnet m inan

  1. magnet

Declension

Declension of magnet (hard masculine inanimate)
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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

magnet c (singular definite magneten, plural indefinite magneter)

  1. magnet

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Estonian

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Pronunciation

Noun

magnet (genitive magneti, partitive magnetit)

  1. magnet

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation), singular ...

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
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Faroese

Noun

magnet f (genitive singular magnetar, plural magnetir)

  1. magnet

Declension

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Indonesian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

magnet (plural magnet-magnet)

  1. magnet:
    1. (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

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Malay

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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(key): [mɛk.nɛt]
  • Rhymes: -nɛt, -ɛt
  • Hyphenation: mag‧net

Noun

magnet (Jawi spelling مݢنيت, plural magnet-magnet)

  1. 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

Middle English

Noun

magnet

  1. alternative form of magnete

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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

  1. a magnet

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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

  1. a magnet

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References

Romanian

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Magnet.

Pronunciation

Noun

magnet m (plural magneți)

  1. magnet

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

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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 inan (Cyrillic spelling ма̀гне̄т)

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

Declension

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References

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

Slovak

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Pronunciation

Noun

magnet m inan (relational adjective magnetový or magnetický)

  1. magnet

Declension

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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

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Pronunciation

Noun

magnẹ̑t m inan

  1. 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

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Etymology

From Middle High German magnet(e), from Latin magnēs, from Ancient Greek μαγνης (magnēs, “Magnesian”).

Noun

magnet c

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

Declension

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Descendants

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English magnet.

Pronunciation

Noun

magnet (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. magnet
    Synonym: balani

Further reading

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

Welsh

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Etymology

Borrowed from English magnet.

Noun

magnet m or f (plural magnetau or magnets)

  1. magnet

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

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

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