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Magnet.

magnet

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/maˈɡneːt//makˈneːt//maŋˈneːt/
  1. magnet

    masculine · mixed · strong · weak
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin magnēs (“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).

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