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noun
- (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
- (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
- A period of time without wind.
Translations: - Spanish: (t, es, sosiego)
- German: Ruhe
verb
- (transitive) To make calm.
- (intransitive) To become calm.
Translations: - Dutch: afkoelen
- German: ruhig stellen
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adjective
- (context, of a person) peaceful, quiet
- (context, of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
Translations: - Dutch: kalm, rustig
- German: ruhig
Etymology: From calmeFrench, calme < Old calmaItalian, calma. calmaItalian, Calma may derive from cauma "heat of the mid-day sun" < Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) (kauma) "heat" (especially of the sun), from (polytonic, ) (kaiÅ) "I burn", or possibly from caleo, caleÅ < Ancient Greek (Doric) o (of the Ionic "burning")
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