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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle 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 καῦμα (kaûma, heat, especially of the sun), from καίω (kaíō, I burn), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (frozenness), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (frozenness, cold).

Displaced native Middle English smilte (quite, still, gentle) from Old English smylte (quiet, tranquil, calm, serene).

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AdjectiveEdit

calm (comparative calmer or more calm, superlative calmest or most calm)

  1. (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
    Antonyms: stressed, nervous, anxious
  2. (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
    Antonym: disturbed
  3. (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
  4. Without wind or storm.
    Antonyms: windy, stormy

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NounEdit

calm (countable and uncountable, plural calms)

  1. (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
  2. (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
  3. A period of time without wind.

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VerbEdit

calm (third-person singular simple present calms, present participle calming, simple past and past participle calmed)

  1. (transitive) To make calm.
    to calm a crying baby
    to calm the passions
    • 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [], London: [] Jacob Tonson, [], →OCLC:
      to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus
  2. (intransitive) To become calm.

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ John C. Wells (1982) Accents of English, volume 1, Cambridge University Press, § 3.1.9, page 206

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From calma, probably in imitation of French calme (adjective) and Spanish calmo.

AdjectiveEdit

calm (feminine calma, masculine plural calms, feminine plural calmes)

  1. calm

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calm

  1. Alternative form of calme

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calm

  1. Alternative form of calme

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French calme.

NounEdit

calm n (plural calmuri)

  1. composure (calmness of mind or matter, self-possession)

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