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Meaning of calm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
kɑm

Definitions

  1. Initialism of café au lait macule.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
    countable, uncountable
  3. To make or become calm or quiet: A warm bath will calm you. After the storm, the air calmed.
  4. The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
    countable, uncountable
  5. to make calm. Calm yourself! kalmeer يهدّئ успокоявам се acalmar uklidnit beruhigen berolige ηρεμώ κπ. calmar, tranquilizar rahustama, rahunema آرام کردن rauhoittua calmer לְהַרגִיע शान्त करना smiriti se, stišati se lecsendesít menenangkan róa calmare 静める 차분히 가라앉히다 nu(si)raminti nomierināt; nomierināties tenangkan bedarenberolige; roeuspokajać پټه خول کیدل acalmar a (se) linişti успокаивать upokojiť sa umiriti (se) smiriti lugna sig, lugna ngn ทำให้สงบ sakinleştirmek 使鎮靜 заспокоювати خاموش کر...
  6. The absence of wind; a period of time without wind.
    countable, uncountable
  7. kalm بِهُدوء хладнокръвно calmamente klidně ruhig roligt; behersket ήρεμα, ψύχραιμα, με απάθεια con calma, tranquilamente rahulikult با آرامش rauhallisesti calmement בְּשֶׁקֶט, בְּשָׁלווָה शा‍न्‍ित से miran, tih nyugodtan dengan tenang rólega con calma 静かに 차분하게 tyliai, ramiai mierīgi; rāmi dengan tenang kalmrolig, med sinnsro spokojnie د سوکالی سړه calmamente cu calm спокойно pokojne mirno smireno lugnt อย่างสงบ sakince, soğukkanlılıkla 鎮靜地,平靜地 спокійно پُر سکون انداز سے một cách bình tĩnh 镇静...
  8. kalmte هُدوء، سُكون спокойствие calma ticho, klid die Ruhe ro; sindsligevægt ηρεμία, ψυχραιμίαtranquilidad, calma rahulikkus آرامش rauhallisuus calmeשלווה, רוגע शा‍न्‍ित mir, tišina nyugalom ketenangan kyrrð, ró calma, tranquillità 静けさ 고요, 차분 tylumas, ramumas mierīgums; rāmums ketenangan kalmte ro, sinnsro; stillhetspokój سوکلی calma calm спокоиствие; тишина pokoj mirnost smirenost stillhet, ro, lugn ความสงบ sakinlik, soğukkanlılık 鎮靜 тиша, спокій خاموشی sự bình tĩnh 镇静
  9. to make or become calm. He tried to calm her down by giving her some brandy; Calm down! kalmeer يُهدّئ، يُسكّن، يُطمئن успокоявам acalmar uklidnit sich beruhigen tag det roligt ησυχάζω κπ. tranquilizarse, calmarse rahustama, rahunema آرام کردن rauhoittua calmer לְהֵירָגַע शांत होना smiriti se megnyugtat menenangkan róa, stilla calmare, calmarsi 落ち着かせる 가라앉히다 nu(si)raminti nomierināties; nomierināt; rimties menenangkan bedarenroe ned; ta det rolig uspokajać się آرامول acalmar a (se) linişti усп...
  10. Nearly or completely motionless; undisturbed: the calm surface of the lake.
  11. Not excited or agitated; composed: The president was calm throughout the global crisis.
  12. An absence or cessation of motion; stillness.
  13. Tranquility or serenity: "an unaccustomed reticence that I took to be the calm that follows rage" (Jeanne Marie Laskas).
  14. almost without motion; still: a calm sea.

Equivalents

العربية الهدوء طمأن هادئ
Azərbaycanca arxayın
Català calm calma calmar
Čeština bezvětří klid klidný uklidnit
Dansk berolige RO rolig stilhed stille
Esperanto serena trankvila
فارسی آرام
Gàidhlig fèath
Galego acougar calmar calmo sosegar
हिन्दी क़रार शांत
Italiano calmo
ქართული მშვიდი წყნარი
Қазақша жуас
한국어 고요 고요하다 잠잠하다
Kurdî ramûs ro sakin sukûnet
Lëtzebuergesch roueg
Lingála bondo
Lietuvių ramus
Te Reo Māori āio hāro marino roki
Bahasa Melayu tenang
Kiswahili shwari
Тоҷикӣ ором
Oʻzbekcha sokin

Examples

“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.”
“The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.”
“It was a calm ; so, forming a tandem of three boats, we commenced the slow business of towing the trophy to the Pequod.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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