magnet

English

/ˈmæɡnət/

noun

Definitions

A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
(informal) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English magnete derived from Old French magnete (magnetite) derived from Latin magnetum (lodestone) derived from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (Magnesian).

Origin

Ancient Greek

μαγνῆτις [λίθος]

Gloss

Magnesian

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

aeromagnetic English
aeromagnetics English
amagnetic English
antiferromagnet English
antiferromagnetic English
antiferromagnetism English
antimagnetic English
archaeomagnetism English
archeomagnetic English
biomagnetic English
biomagnetism English
biomagnetite English
chromomagnetic English
cryomagnetic English
demagnetise English
demagnetization English
demagnetize English
diamagnet English
diamagnetic English
electromagnet English
electromagnetic English
electromagnetics English
electromagnetism English
electromagnetize English
femtomagnetism English
ferrimagnet English
ferrimagnetic English
ferrimagnetism English
ferromagnet English
ferromagnetic English
ferromagnetism English
flexomagnetic English
galvanomagnetic English
galvanomagnetism English
geomagnetic English
geomagnetism English
geomagnetist English
gravimagnetic English
gravimagnetization English
gravitomagnetic English
gravitomagnetism English
gyromagnetic English
gyromagnetism English
heliomagnetic English
heliomagnetism English
hydromagnetic English
hydromagnetics English
hypermagnetic English
hypomagnetic English
immunomagnetic English
isomagnetic English
magnetarium English
magnetic English
magnetically English
magneticism English
magneticity English
magneticness English
magnetics English
magnetify English
magnetisable English
magnetisation English
magnetise English
magnetiser English
magnetism English
magnetist English
magnetite English
magnetitic English
magnetizability English
magnetizable English
magnetization English
magnetize English
magnetizee English
magnetizer English
magnetless English
magnetlike English
magnetoid English
magnetological English
magnetology English
magneton English
magnetron English
metamagnet English
metamagnetic English
metamagnetism English
metamagnetization English
micromagnet English
micromagnetic English
micromagnetics English
micromagnetism English
mictomagnetic English
mictomagnetism English
nanomagnet English
nanomagnetic English
nanomagnetism English
neuromagnetic English
neuromagnetism English
non-magnetic English
nonmagnet English
nonmagnetic English
palaeomagnetic English
palaeomagnetism English
paleomagnetic English
paleomagnetism English
paleomagnetist English
paramagnet English
paramagnetic English
paramagnetism English
photomagnet English
photomagnetic English
photomagnetism English
photomagnetization English
phrenomagnetic English
phrenomagnetism English
piezomagnetic English
piezomagnetism English
pseudomagnetic English
pyromagnetic English
pyromagnetism English
quasiferromagnet English
remagnetize English
semimagnetic English
supermagnetic English
superparamagnet English
thermomagnetic English
thermomagnetism English
titanomagnetite English
ultramagnetic English
zoomagnetic English
zoomagnetism English
magnetoida Finnish
magnetum Latin
magnēs Latin
magnētum Latin
magnetique French
magneton French
magnétisme French
магни́т Russian
μαγνήτης λίθος Ancient Greek
μαγνῆτις [λίθος] Ancient Greek
magnete Middle English
magnete Old French
magnet Cebuano
m̧akneet Marshallese