calmer

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English

Pronunciation

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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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