enchanting

English

Verb

enchanting

present participle of enchant

Adjective

enchanting (comparative more enchanting, superlative most enchanting)

Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)
  "Fairytale" is an over-used word in football but there is certainly something enchanting about the Lambert story, rejected as a teenager at Liverpool and then playing at, among others, Blackpool, Rochdale, Stockport and Bristol Rovers.

Translations

having the ability to enchant

Armenian: հմայիչ (hy) (hmayičʿ)
Bulgarian: чаровен (bg) (čaroven), очарователен (bg) (očarovatelen)
Czech: okouzlující, čarovný
Dutch: betoverend (nl)
Esperanto: ensorĉiga
Finnish: lumoava (fi), ihastuttava (fi)
French: enchanteur (fr) m, enchanteresse (fr) f
German: bezaubernd (de), zauberhaft (de)
Greek: γοητευτικός (el) (goïteftikós)

Hungarian: elbűvölő (hu)
Maori: whakatautau
Norwegian Bokmål: fortrylle m
Portuguese: encantador
Romanian: încântător (ro) m, încântătoare f, încântant
Russian: очарова́тельный (ru) (očarovátelʹnyj), обворожи́тельный (ru) (obvorožítelʹnyj)
Spanish: encantador (es), hechicero (es)
Turkish: büyüleyici (tr)

Noun

enchanting (plural enchantings)

An act of enchantment.
- 1841, Alfred Beesley, The History of Banbury, page 256:
  […] by which the truth of the matter may the better be known of all felonies, murders, poisonings, enchantings, sorceries, magical arts, transgressions, […]

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