calma

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkal.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkal.ma]

From Late Latin cauma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma), possibly through the intermediate of Italian calma, but this is uncertain.

calma f (plural calmes)

1. calm (lack of action)
2. calm (lack of anxiety or stress)

• calm
• calmar
• calmós

Of pre-Roman origin.

calma f (plural calmes)

1. a high treeless plateau

• planell

calma

1. inflection of calmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “calma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

calma

1. third-person singular past historic of calmer

• clama

From Late Latin cauma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma), possibly through the intermediate of Italian calma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalma/ [ˈkɑl.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -alma
• Hyphenation: cal‧ma

calma f (uncountable)

1. calm (especially of the sea or sky)
2. stillness
3. peace, quietude

   Synonyms: paz, serenidade, tranquilidade

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal̪ˠəmˠə/, /ˈkalˠəmˠə/^[1]

From Middle Irish calma (“strong; brave, valiant”).^[2]

calma

1. stalwart; brave, strong
2. fine, splendid

From Middle English calme, from Middle French calme, from Old Italian calma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma). Compare French calme, English calm.

calma

1. calm

calma m (genitive singular calma)

1. alternative form of calm (“calm”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “calma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “calma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “calma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.ma/
• Rhymes: -alma
• Hyphenation: càl‧ma

Origin uncertain. Possibly from Late Latin cauma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, heat of the sun”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”).

calma f (plural calme)

1. calm, stillness, peacefulness
2. tranquility, peace and quiet

• calma interiore
• calmare
• calmo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

calma f sg

1. feminine singular of calmo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

calma

1. inflection of calmare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• clama

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkalmə/

calma

1. strong
2. brave, valiant

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• calmach

• calmaigid (“strengthens, confirms”, verb)
• calmuain

• Irish: calma
• Scottish Gaelic: calma

calma f

1. strength; bravery, deeds of valour

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• calmacht
• calmatus

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “calma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “calma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• Rhymes: -almɐ, -awmɐ
• Hyphenation: cal‧ma

From Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”). Possibly through the intermediate of Italian calma, although the word was found in Ibero-Romance as early as in Italian.

calma f (plural calmas)

1. calm
2. tranquility
3. (obsolete, literature) heat produced by the sun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

calma

1. feminine singular of calmo

calma

1. inflection of calmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French calmer.

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a calma (third-person singular present calmează, past participle calmat) 1st conjugation

1. to calm
2. (reflexive) to calm oneself, calm down, settle down

• liniști, potoli

• calm

From Middle Irish calma (“strong; brave, valiant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰal̪ˠamə/

calma

1. brave, stout, daring, resolute, strong
2. thickset, brawny, robust

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “calma”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 calma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalma/ [ˈkal.ma]

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• Rhymes: -alma
• Syllabification: cal‧ma

Ultimately from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma), through Late Latin cauma. Possibly through the intermediate of Italian calma, although the word was found in Ibero-Romance as early as in Italian.

calma f (plural calmas)

1. calm, stillness, peacefulness
2. tranquility, peace and quiet

   Synonym: tranquilidad

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

calma

1. feminine singular of calmo

calma

1. inflection of calmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “calma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024