calmer

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːmə/

Etymology 1

calm (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

calmer (plural calmers)

  1. A person or thing that calms.
    Christ was the calmer of a storm on the Sea of Galilee.

Etymology 2

calm (adjective) +‎ -er

Adjective

calmer

  1. comparative form of calm: more calm

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French

Etymology

From 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, on 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 usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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