See also: Clement, clément, and Clément

English

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Etymology

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From Old French, from Latin clēmēns (merciful).[1] [2] Equivalent to clīnō + participial suffix -menos.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛmənt/
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Adjective

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clement (comparative more clement, superlative most clement)

  1. Lenient or merciful; charitable.
    • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], page 393, column 2:
      I know you are more clement than vilde[sic – meaning vile] men, / Who of their broken Debtors take a third, / A ſixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe / On their abatement; []
    • 1888–1891, Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter [HTTP://GUTENBERG.NET.AU/EBOOKS06/0608511H.HTML 18].”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, →OCLC:
      Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous.
  2. Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).
    • 1984, Edna O'Brien, “The Bachelor”, in A Fanatic Heart, New York: Plume, page 66:
      The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.
    • 1992, A. B. Yehoshua, translated by Hillel Halkin, Mr. Mani, New York: Doubleday, pages 314–5:
      The earth was still dry and the air was perfectly clement.

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ clement in: T. F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Oxford University Press, 2003, →ISBN
  2. ^ Clement”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), (Can we date this quote?)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French clément, from Latin clemens.

Adjective

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clement m or n (feminine singular clementă, masculine plural clemenți, feminine and neuter plural clemente)

  1. clement

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