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charme

/ʃaʁm/

noun, masculine/ʃaʁm/plural: charmes

charm, attractive quality; enchantment; originally, magical incantation; glamour (alluring beauty or charm, often with sex appeal)

mannequin de charme; photos de charme

Inherited from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carminem (“song, recitement, incantation”).

noun, masculine/ʃaʁm/plural: charmes

Trees of genus Carpinus (hornbeam), of the Betulaceae family

Related: charme commun, charmille, charmoie

Inherited from Old French, from Latin carpinus, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).