The French for calm, soothe is the verb calmer

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French for calm, soothe is the regular ER verb calmer, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb calmer - French for calm, soothe

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of calmer, which is French for calm, soothe.

• I calm, soothe.
• you calmed.
• he will calm, soothe.
• we would calm, soothe.
• they may calm, soothe.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for calmer, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE calmer
Simple Tenses calmer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent calm, soothe	calme	calmes	calme	calmons	calmez	calment
Past Imperfect Imparfait calmed	calmais	calmais	calmait	calmions	calmiez	calmaient
Simple Past Passé Simple calmed	calmai	calmas	calma	calmâmes	calmâtes	calmèrent
Future Futur will calm, soothe	calmerai	calmeras	calmera	calmerons	calmerez	calmeront
Conditional Conditionnel would calm, soothe	calmerais	calmerais	calmerait	calmerions	calmeriez	calmeraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may calm, soothe	calme	calmes	calme	calmions	calmiez	calment
Compound Tenses calmer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have calmed	ai calmé	as calmé	a calmé	avons calmé	avez calmé	ont calmé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had calmed	avais calmé	avais calmé	avait calmé	avions calmé	aviez calmé	avaient calmé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai calmé	auras calmé	aura calmé	aurons calmé	aurez calmé	auront calmé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have calmed	aurais calmé	aurais calmé	aurait calmé	aurions calmé	auriez calmé	auraient calmé
Imperative Imperatif calm, soothe!		calme		calmons	calmez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of calmer the French for calm, soothe
présent de l’indicatif

je calme
- I calm, soothe
tu calmes
- you calm, soothe - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on calme
- he, she, it, one calms
nous calmons
- we calm, soothe
vous calmez
- you calm, soothe (formal or plural)
ils, elles calment
- they calm, soothe

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of calmer, the French for calm, soothe
imparfait de l’indicatif

je calmais
- I calmed
- I was calming
tu calmais
- you calmed- (familiar or informal)
- you were calming
il, elle, on calmait
- he, she, it, one calmed
- he, she, it, one was calming
nous calmions
- we calmed
- we were calming
vous calmiez
- you calmed- (formal or plural)
- you were calming
ils, elles calmaient
- they calmed
- they were calming

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of calmer, the French for calm, soothe
passé simple

je calmai
- I calmed
tu calmas
- you calmed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on calma
- he, she, it, one calmed
nous calmâmes
- we calmed
vous calmâtes
- you calmed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles calmèrent
they calmed
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of calmer, the French for calm, soothe
futur

je calmerai
- I will calm, soothe
tu calmeras
- you will calm, soothe (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on calmera
- he, she, it, one will calm, soothe
nous calmerons
- we will calm, soothe
vous calmerez
- you will calm, soothe (formal or plural)
ils, elles calmeront
- they will calm, soothe

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Conditional Tense conjugations of calmer, the French for calm, soothe
conditionnel

je calmerais
- I would calm, soothe
tu calmerais
- you would calm, soothe (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on calmerait
- he, she, it, one would calm, soothe
nous calmerions
- we would calm, soothe
vous calmeriez
- you would calm, soothe (formal or plural)
ils, elles calmeraient
- they would calm, soothe

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of calmer, the French for calm, soothe
présent de subjonctif

que je calme
- that I may calm, soothe
que tu calmes
- that you may calm, soothe(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on calme
- that he, she, it, one may calm, soothe
que nous calmions
- that we may calm, soothe
que vous calmiez
- that you may calm, soothe(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles calment
- that they may calm, soothe

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb calmer - the verb ‘to calm, soothe’ in French

Past Participle of calmer is:
calmé -calmed.

Given that the past participle is put with several of the tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four 'often-used' compound tenses, its significance is strongly underlined. Once you have thoroughly committed these avoir tenses to memory, you have unlocked the first major key to to construction of compound verbs in French.

• I have calmed
• you had calmed
• he will have calmed
• we would have calmed

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of calmer - French for calm, soothe
passé composé

Here’s the French for calm, soothe conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai calmé
- I have calmed or I did calm, soothe or
- I calmed
tu as calmé
- you have calmed or you did calm, soothe - (familiar or informal) or
- you calmed
il, elle, on a calmé
- he, she, it, one has calm, soothe or did calm, soothe
- he, she, it calmed
nous avons calmé
- we have calmed or we did calm, soothe
- we calmed
vous avez calmé
- you have calmed or you did calm, soothe (formal or plural) or
- or we calmed
ils, elles ont calmé
- they have calmed or they did calm, soothe
- they calmed

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of calmer - calm, soothe in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -calm, soothe conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais calmé
- I had calmed
tu avais calmé
- you had calmed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait calmé
- he, she, it, one had calmed
nous avions calmé
- we had calmed
vous aviez calmé
- you had calmed (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient calmé
- they had calmed

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of calmer, the French for calm, soothe
futur antérieur

j’aurai calmé
- I will have
tu auras calmé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura calmé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons calmé
- we will have
vous aurez calmé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront calmé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of calmer, the French for calm, soothe
conditionnel passé

j’aurais calmé
- I would have calmed
tu aurais calmé
- you would have calmed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait calmé
- he, she, it, one would have calmed
nous aurions calmé
- we would have calmed
vous auriez calmé
- you would have calmed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient calmé
- they would have calmed

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Imperative Tense conjugations of calmer, the French for calm, soothe
impératif

calme
- calm, soothe!
calmons
- let’s calm, soothe!
calmez
- calm, soothe!

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Present Participle of calmer

calmant - calming

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