ferromagnetism
/ˌfɛɹoʊˈmæɡnɪtɪzm/noun
ferromagnetism is a noun meaning “The phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets when subjected to a magnetic field” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-R-R-O-M-A-G-N-E-T-I-S-M and has 6 syllables, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ferromagnetism is ferromagnetisms.
What does ferromagnetism mean?
noun
- 1
The phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets when subjected to a magnetic field.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ferromagnetism?
- US /ˌfɛɹoʊˈmæɡnɪtɪzm/
Ferromagnetism has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ferromagnetism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ferromagnetism
- ferromagnetisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ferromagnetism?
Ferromagnetism appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ferromagnetism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ferromagnétisme |
| German | Ferromagnetismus |
| Portuguese | ferromagnetismo |
| Spanish | ferromagnetismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ferromagnetism come from?
From ferro- + magnetism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).