calme
French, noun
calme is spelled C-A-L-M-E (5 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written French, the 1,164th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calme is a French masculine noun meaning “calmness, stillness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of calmer. With an accent, calmé is a different word: “past participle of calmer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Absence de bruit, de mouvement”.
What does calme mean in English?
adjective
- 1
calm
- 2
quiet, peaceful
noun
- 1
masculinecalmness, stillness
- 2
masculinecoolness (of a person)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past 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 est sans turbulence, sans agitation, tant au sens physique que moral. 2. Qui n’est pas énervé.
noun: 1. Absence de bruit, de mouvement. 2. Bonace. 3. État de sérénité d’une personne.
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 calme
- calmes plural
- calmée feminine
- calmés masculine plural
- calmées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to calme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calme in French?
calme appears 72 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).