No. 5,774 in French

clément

Merciful; mild.

In a sentence

Le temps est très clément aujourd'hui.
The weather is very mild today.
Here, 'clément' acts as an adjective describing the weather as mild or gentle.
Il faut être clément envers ceux qui ont fait des erreurs.
One must be lenient toward those who have made mistakes.
In this sentence, 'clément' is used to describe a person's attitude or behavior, meaning merciful or lenient.
Les juges étaient cléments dans leur décision.
The judges were lenient in their decision.
'Clément' is used here to convey the leniency or mercy of the judges' ruling.

Hear it in real podcasts

The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “clément” in actual French podcasts.

Learn it from shows you like

LangTurbo plays French podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.

Get the app

French books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).