clement

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• /ˈklɛmənt/
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From Old French, from Latin clēmēns (“merciful”). Equivalent to clīnō + participial suffix -menos. https://www.etymonline.com/word/clemency

From Late Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmens (“merciful”). Doublet of Clemens and San Clemente.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: милостив (milostiv) — lenient or merciful; charitable
• Bulgarian: милосърден (milosǎrden) — lenient or merciful; charitable
• Czech: shovívavý — lenient or merciful; charitable
• Czech: milosrdný — lenient or merciful; charitable
• Finnish: armelias — lenient or merciful; charitable
• Finnish: lempeä — lenient or merciful; charitable
• German: nachsichtig — lenient or merciful; charitable
• Hebrew: רחוּם (ráhoom) — lenient or merciful; charitable
• Icelandic: miskunnsamur — lenient or merciful; charitable
• Russian: милосе́рдный (milosérdnyj) — lenient or merciful; charitable
• Russian: милости́вый (milostívyj) — lenient or merciful; charitable
• Russian: гума́нный (gumánnyj) — lenient or merciful; charitable
• Bulgarian: мек (mek) — mild
• Czech: mírný — mild
• Czech: příjemný — mild
• Finnish: lauhkea — mild
• Finnish: leuto — mild
• German: mild — mild
• Icelandic: mildur — mild
• Russian: мя́гкий (mjáxkij) — mild
• Swedish: mild — mild
• Arabic: إِكْلِمِنْدِس (ʔiklimindis) — male given name
• Armenian: Կղեմես (Kġemes) — male given name
• Catalan: Climent — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 克萊門特 /克莱门特 (Kèláiméntè) — male given name
• Czech: Klement — male given name
• Dutch: Clemens — male given name
• Faroese: Klæmint — male given name
• Finnish: Klemetti — male given name
• French: Clément — male given name
• Galician: Clemente — male given name
• Galician: Clemenzo — male given name
• Georgian: კლემენტ (ḳlemenṭ) — male given name
• German: Clemens — male given name
• Greek: Κλήμης (Klímis) — male given name
• Greek: Κλήμεντας (Klímentas) — male given name
• Ancient Greek: Κλήμης (Klḗmēs) — male given name
• Hungarian: Kelemen — male given name
• Italian: Clemente — male given name
• Macedonian: Климент (Kliment) — male given name
• Marathi: क्लेमेंट (klemeṇṭa) — male given name
• Norman: Cliément — male given name
• Occitan: Clemenç — male given name
• Occitan: Clement — male given name
• Polish: Klemens — male given name
• Portuguese: Clemente — male given name
• Russian: Кли́ме́нт (Klímént) — male given name
• Russian: Кле́ме́нт (Klémént) — male given name
• Northern Sami: Lemet — male given name
• Upper Sorbian: Klimant — male given name
• Spanish: Clemente — male given name
• Swedish: Klemens — male given name
• Tagalog: Clemente — male given name
• Ukrainian: Клим (Klym) — male given name
• Ukrainian: Климе́нтій (Klyméntij) — male given name
• Vietnamese: Clêmêntê — male given name
• Vietnamese: Lê Minh — male given name