calme

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See also: calmé and čalme

English

Adjective

calme (comparative more calme, superlative most calme)

  1. Obsolete spelling of calm

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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

Adjective

calme (plural calmes)

  1. calm
  2. quiet, peaceful

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

Noun

calme m (plural calmes)

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

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Verb

calme

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

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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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

calme (uncountable) (Late Middle English, rare)

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

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Adjective

calme (chiefly Late Middle English)

  1. calm (without wind or storm)

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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

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Portuguese

Verb

calme

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkalme/
  • Rhymes: -alme
  • Syllabification: cal‧me

Verb

calme

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