calmer
Pronunciation: /kalme/
English translation of calmer
A. vtr
- 1 to calm down [person]; to calm [stock market]; to defuse [situation]; to tone down [discussion] calmer les esprits = to calm people down Definition of calm down in the British & World English dictionary Definition of calm down in the US English dictionary Translate calm down | into Italian | into Spanish
- 2 to ease [pain]; to take the edge off [hunger]; to quench [thirst] Definition of ease in the British & World English dictionary Definition of ease in the US English dictionary Translate ease | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
B. v refl (+ v être) (se calmer)
- 1 [person, situation] to calm down; [agitation, storm] to die down; [debate] to quieten (GB) or quiet (US) down; [ardour] to cool Definition of calm down in the British & World English dictionary Definition of calm down in the US English dictionary Translate calm down | into Italian | into Spanish
- 2 [pain] to ease Definition of ease in the British & World English dictionary Definition of ease in the US English dictionary Translate ease | into German | into Italian | into Spanish