[tʃɑːm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the power or quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others
(e.g: his charm has captivated the media)

- a small ornament worn on a necklace or bracelet
(e.g: the trinkets were charms from his wife's bracelet)

- an object, act, or saying believed to have magic power
(e.g: the charm begins with ritual instructions)

- a characteristic property of certain subatomic particles (specifically charm quarks, charm antiquarks, and hadrons containing these), expressed as a quantum number


Phrases:
- turn on the charm
- work like a charm

Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘incantation or magic spell’ and ‘to use spells’): from Old French charme (noun), charmer (verb), from Latin carmen ‘song, verse, incantation’

[tʃɑːm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- delight greatly
(e.g: the books have charmed children the world over)

- control or achieve by or as if by magic
(e.g: a gesticulating figure endeavouring to charm a cobra)


Phrases:
- turn on the charm
- work like a charm

Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘incantation or magic spell’ and ‘to use spells’): from Old French charme (noun), charmer (verb), from Latin carmen ‘song, verse, incantation’

[tʃɑːm], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of +2/3. Charm quarks have similar properties to up quarks and top quarks, but are distinguished from them by having an intermediate mass


Phrases:
- turn on the charm
- work like a charm

Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘incantation or magic spell’ and ‘to use spells’): from Old French charme (noun), charmer (verb), from Latin carmen ‘song, verse, incantation’