calmant
French, noun/kal.mɑ̃/
calmant is spelled C-A-L-M-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calmant is a French masculine noun meaning “gripe water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of calmer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Médicament destiné à calmer”.
What does calmant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegripe water
verb
- 1
present participle of calmer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui calme, au sens physique ou au sens moral.
noun: 1. Médicament destiné à calmer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of calmant
- calmants plural
- calmante singular feminine
- calmantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calmant?
- /kal.mɑ̃/
- \kal.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calmant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calmant in French?
calmant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).