fixe
See also: fixé
English
Verb
fixe (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixed or fixt)
- Archaic form of fix.
See also
- idée fixe
Anagrams
- EXIF
Dutch
Verb
fixe
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of fixen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiks/
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin fīxus.
Adjective
fixe (plural fixes)
- fixed
Derived terms
- au beau fixe
- barre fixe
- jour fixe
- plan fixe
- prix fixe
- sans domicile fixe
- téléphone fixe
- virgule fixe
Descendants
- → German: fix
- → Hungarian: fix
- → Turkish: fiks
Verb
fixe
- inflection of fixer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English fix.
Alternative forms
- fix
Noun
fixe m (plural fixes)
- fix
Further reading
- “fixe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɪksə]
Audio (file)
Adjective
fixe
- inflection of fix:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
Participle
fīxe
- vocative masculine singular of fīxus
References
- “fixe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fixe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fixe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fixus, perfect passive participle of fīgō, fīgere (“fasten, fix”).
Adjective
fixe m or f
- (Jersey) fixed
Derived terms
- fixément (“fixedly”)
Portuguese
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ʃe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ʃ(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: fi‧xe
Adjective
fixe m or f (plural fixes)
- (Portugal, informal) cool, awesome
- Synonyms: (Brazil) legal, agradável, prestável
Interjection
fixe!
- (Portugal, informal) cool!, great!
- Synonyms: (Brazil) legal, baril, porreiro
Etymology 2
From fixo, influenced by French fixe, both from Latin fīxus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfik.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfik.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ks(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: fi‧xe
Verb
fixe
- inflection of fixar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swedish
Adjective
fixe
- absolute definite natural masculine singular of fix.