calme

See also: calmé and čalme

English

Adjective

calme (comparative more calme, superlative most calme)

1. Obsolete spelling of calm.

Anagrams

• Camel, Malec, camel, macle

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French calme, probably borrowed from Italian calma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma) (or alternatively through the intermediate of an Iberian language as opposed to Italian).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalm/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Homophones: calment, calmes
• Rhymes: -alm

Adjective

calme (plural calmes)

1. calm
2. quiet, peaceful

Synonyms

• paisible
• quiet
• serein
• tranquille

Antonyms

• agité
• turbulent

Descendants

• Dutch: kalm, (obsolete) calm
  • Negerhollands: kalm
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kalem
  • → Javanese: ꦏꦊꦩ꧀ (kalem)
    • → Indonesian: kalem

Noun

calme m (plural calmes)

1. calmness, stillness
2. coolness (of a person)

Synonyms

• bonace
• repos
• sérénité
• tranquillité

Antonyms

• agitation
• turbulence

Derived terms

• calme avant la tempête
• calme olympien
• calme plat
• du calme
• garder son calme

 

Descendants

• → Romanian: calm

Verb

calme

1. inflection of calmer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “calme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• clame, clamé

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.me/
• Rhymes: -alme
• Hyphenation: càl‧me

Etymology 1

Adjective

calme

1. feminine plural of calmo

Etymology 2

Noun

calme f

1. plural of calma

Middle English

Alternative forms

• calm

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French calme, from Old Italian calma, of unclear further origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalm(ə)/

Noun

calme (uncountable) (Late Middle English, rare)

1. calm (time without wind)
2. calm (feeling of calmness)

Descendants

• English: calm

References

• “calm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adjective

calme (chiefly Late Middle English)

1. calm (without wind or storm)

Descendants

• English: calm
• → Irish: calma

References

• “calm(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian calma, itself from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma); alternatively, via an Iberian language, probably Catalan.

Adjective

calme m or f (plural calmes)

1. (of the weather) calm; still; windless

Descendants

• French: calme
• → Middle English: calme, calm
  • English: calm

References

• Etymology and history of “calme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Verb

calme

1. inflection of calmar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalme/ [ˈkal.me]
• Rhymes: -alme
• Syllabification: cal‧me

Verb

calme

1. inflection of calmar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative