Grammatical class

Verb

calmer

(transitive) to calm, pacify, soothe

Details

Syllables

cal-mer

Phonetics

kal.me

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

3599

Freq. (movies)

1948

Freq. (news)

4391

Sentences

Je veux me calmer.

I want to settle down.

A1

Il doit se calmer.

He should calm down.

A1

Il faut te calmer.

You have to calm down.

A1

Essaie de te calmer.

Try to calm down.

A1

Tom devrait se calmer.

Tom should relax.

A2

Tom finit par se calmer.

Tom eventually calmed down.

A2

Tom refusa de se calmer.

Tom refused to settle down.

B1

Les parents réussirent à le calmer.

The parents succeeded in calming him down.

B1

Les hôtesses de l'air ont essayé de calmer les passagers.

The flight attendants tried to calm the passengers.

B1

Tom faisait les cent pas dans sa chambre, incapable de se calmer.

Tom was pacing in his room, unable to calm himself down.

B1

Elle a pris des analgésiques pour calmer sa douleur au tibia.

She took some painkillers to take the edge off the pain in her shin.

B2