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calm¹

  • /kɑm/ US
  • /kɑlm/ US
  • /kɔm/ US
  • /kɔlm/ US
  • /kæm/ US, archaic
  • /kɑːm/ England, UK, Wales
  • [kʰɑːm] England, UK, Wales
  • /kaːm/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [kʰɐːm] Australia, New Zealand
  • [kʰäː(ɫ)m] Canada
  • [kʰɒː(ɫ)m] Canada
  • [kʰa(ː)m] Canada
  • /kam/ Ireland, Scotland
  • /kaɹm/ dialectal, nonstandard
  • [ko(w)lm]
  • [kälm]

Rhymes with -ɑːm, -ɑːlm, -ɔːlm, -ɔːm, -æm

Where it comes from

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, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”).

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

adjective calmer · more calm · calmest · most calm · calme

  1. Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
  2. Free of noise and disturbance. Calm is the morn without a sound, ⁠Calm as to suit a calmer grief, ⁠And only thro’ the faded leaf The chestnut pattering to the ground: […]
  3. with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
  4. Without wind or storm.
  5. Multicultural London English, slang Good; alright; cool; OK. Hi, welcome to Puma. If you need any help, my name's Kelly. That's calm, man[…]Thirty pounds is the limit, I think you'll pay no more, I'm sorry. Aight, fuck it! What, can I do chip and pin. Calm, I'ma put my pin in like boom!

Similar: calm, steady, collected, composed, cool-headed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable

noun calms · calme

  1. countable, uncountable The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. Calm on the seas, and silver sleep, ⁠And waves that sway themselves in rest, ⁠And dead calm in that noble breast Which heaves but with the heaving deep.
  2. countable, uncountable The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
  3. countable, uncountable The absence of wind; a period of time without wind. The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

verb calms · calming · calmed · calme

  1. transitive To make calm. to calm a crying baby
  2. intransitive To become calm.

Similar: allay, appease, calm down, cool off, ease, pacify, quieten, soothe, subdue

CALM²

noun CALMs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of café au lait macule.café au lait macule

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