calmer

English

Etymology

From calm.

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

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• IPA^(key): /kalme/

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 calmé
gerund		en calmant			en ayant calmé
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	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	calme /kalm/	—	calmons /kal.mɔ̃/	calmez /kal.me/	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• clamer
• Marcel

Further reading

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