calmer

English

Etymology

calm +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːmə/

Adjective

calmer

1. comparative form of calm: more calm

Noun

calmer (plural calmers)

1. A person or thing that calms.

   Christ was the calmer of a storm on the Sea of Galilee.

Anagrams

• Carmel, Marcel, carmel, marcel

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French

Etymology

calme +‎ -er, or possibly from Italian calmare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.me/

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Verb

calmer

1. (transitive) to calm, pacify, soothe
2. (reflexive) to calm down, abate, subside

Conjugation

Conjugation of calmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	calmer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	calmant /kal.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		calmé /kal.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	calme /kalm/	calmes /kalm/	calme /kalm/	calmons /kal.mɔ̃/	calmez /kal.me/	calment /kalm/
	imperfect	calmais /kal.mɛ/	calmais /kal.mɛ/	calmait /kal.mɛ/	calmions /kal.mjɔ̃/	calmiez /kal.mje/	calmaient /kal.mɛ/
	past historic2	calmai /kal.me/	calmas /kal.ma/	calma /kal.ma/	calmâmes /kal.mam/	calmâtes /kal.mat/	calmèrent /kal.mɛʁ/
	future	calmerai /kal.mə.ʁe/	calmeras /kal.mə.ʁa/	calmera /kal.mə.ʁa/	calmerons /kal.mə.ʁɔ̃/	calmerez /kal.mə.ʁe/	calmeront /kal.mə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	calmerais /kal.mə.ʁɛ/	calmerais /kal.mə.ʁɛ/	calmerait /kal.mə.ʁɛ/	calmerions /kal.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	calmeriez /kal.mə.ʁje/	calmeraient /kal.mə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	calme /kalm/	calmes /kalm/	calme /kalm/	calmions /kal.mjɔ̃/	calmiez /kal.mje/	calment /kalm/
	imperfect2	calmasse /kal.mas/	calmasses /kal.mas/	calmât /kal.ma/	calmassions /kal.ma.sjɔ̃/	calmassiez /kal.ma.sje/	calmassent /kal.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	calme /kalm/	—	calmons /kal.mɔ̃/	calmez /kal.me/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is only usable with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “calmer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• clamer
• Marcel