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)

		simple			compound
infinitive		calmer			avoir + past participle
gerund		en calmant			en ayant + past participle
present participle		calmant /kal.mɑ̃/
past participle		calmé /kal.me/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
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 historic1	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 anterior1	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	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	calme /kalm/	calmes /kalm/	calme /kalm/	calmions /kal.mjɔ̃/	calmiez /kal.mje/	calment /kalm/
	imperfect1	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
	pluperfect1	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
present		—	calme /kalm/	—	calmons /kal.mɔ̃/	calmez /kal.me/	—
past		—	present imperative of avoir + past participle2	—	present imperative of avoir + past participle2	present imperative of avoir + past participle2	—
1 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).
2 Trudie Maria Booth (2005), French Verbs and Idioms, p. 88.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• clamer
• Marcel