Charm

What “Charm” means

Noun

1. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
2. The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
3. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
4. A group of goldfinches or other songbirds, or sometimes hummingbirds.
5. A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.

Verb

1. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
2. To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.
3. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
4. To make music upon.
5. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

Noun

1. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
2. A flock, group (especially of finches).

Where the word comes from

From Middle English charme, from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carmen (“song, incantation”). Displaced native Old English lybb (“drug, poison, charm”).

Synchronically a variant of chirm, but reflects Middle English charme (or unattested *charm), from Old English ċearm (“cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karm, masculine variant of *karmi f, from Proto-Germanic *karmiz, *karm(j)az (“cry, lament, calling sound”). Near-doublet of chirm, which is from the feminine counterpart.

Business name ideas with “Charm”

Industries where “Charm” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• Gift Shop
• Jewelry Business
• Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
• Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing