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calm
English
Alternative forms
- calme (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English calm, calme, from Old French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from ???? (kaí?, “I burn”), or possibly from Latin cale?. Compare also Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??m/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?m/, /k?lm/, /k?(?)m/
- (Ireland, Scotland) IPA(key): /kam/
- Rhymes: -??m
- (nonstandard, now chiefly dialect) IPA(key): /ka?m/
Adjective
calm (comparative calmer or more calm, superlative calmest or most calm)
- (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
- Antonyms: stressed, nervous, anxious
- (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
- Antonym: disturbed
- (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
- Without wind or storm.
- Antonyms: windy, stormy
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:calm
Derived terms
- calm as a millpond
- ice-calm
Translations
Noun
calm (countable and uncountable, plural calms)
- (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
- (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
- A period of time without wind.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:calmness
Derived terms
- ice-calm
Translations
Verb
calm (third-person singular simple present calms, present participle calming, simple past and past participle calmed)
- (transitive) To make calm.
- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus
- (intransitive) To become calm.
Synonyms
- allay, appease, calm down, cool off, ease, pacify, quieten, soothe, subdue
Antonyms
- agitate
- excite
Translations
Anagrams
- ALCM, CAML, CLAM, Caml, Malc, clam
Catalan
Etymology
From calma, probably in imitation of French calme (adjective) and Spanish calmo.
Adjective
calm (feminine calma, masculine plural calms, feminine plural calmes)
- calm
Related terms
- calma
- calmar
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French calme.
Noun
calm n (plural calmuri)
- composure (calmness of mind or matter, self-possession)
Related terms
- calma
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clm
Translingual
Symbol
clm
- (metrology) Symbol for centilumen, an SI unit of luminous flux equal to 10?2 lumens.
English
Noun
clm
- Abbreviation of claim.
Anagrams
- CML, LMC, MCL, MLC, lcm
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