calming
落ち着く
解説 Definition
calming は calm（落ち着かせる、落ち着く）の現在分詞・動名詞です。形容詞としては、人の気持ちを落ち着かせる、穏やかにするという意味で使われます。
Calming describes something that reduces anxiety, excitement, anger, or activity and helps a person or situation become peaceful. It commonly modifies influences such as music, voices, colors, breaths, or effects.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
calming は原形 calm に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、発音は /ˈkɑːmɪŋ/ などとなり、l は通常発音しません。形容詞では calming music、a calming voice、a calming effect のように「人の不安や興奮を和らげる」働きを表します。calm「穏やかな状態」と結び付けましょう。
Take calm, meaning peaceful or free from agitation, and add -ing without changing the spelling: calm becomes calming. The l is normally silent, so the word begins with the same sound as calm. Remember it through common combinations such as calming music, a calming voice, a calming breath, and a calming effect. These things cause calm in someone else. This distinguishes calming from calm: a calm person is already peaceful, while a calming influence helps produce that peaceful state.
例文
The soft music had a calming effect on the children.
やわらかな音楽は子どもたちを落ち着かせる効果がありました。
She took a calming breath before she spoke.
彼女は話す前に気持ちを落ち着けるための深呼吸をしました。
The teacher used a calming voice in the busy classroom.
先生はざわついた教室で落ち着いた声を使いました。
calming の類義語・関連語
calming の語源・成り立ち Etymology
calming は calm＋-ing。calm は古フランス語 calme を経て、後期ラテン語 cauma、さらにギリシャ語 kauma（暑さ）にさかのぼり、「風のない静かな暑さ」から「穏やかな」の意になった。calmness や becalm も同根で、「心を静めるもの」と捉えると意味がつながる。
Calming is formed from calm plus -ing. Calm entered English through French calme and is generally traced through Late Latin cauma to Greek kauma, “heat” or “burning heat.” The meaning developed through the idea of still, windless weather, often associated with oppressive heat, and then broadened to quietness and freedom from disturbance. The participial adjective calming describes something that brings about this quiet state.
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