fixer
See also: Fixer
English
Etymology
fix + -er
Pronunciation
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
fixer (plural fixers)
- Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.
- (photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
- 2003, Bruce Warren, Photography: The Concise Guide, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 69:
- The fixer removes the undeveloped silver salts from the film, rendering it no longer sensitive to light. Pour the fixer — at a temperature within plus or minus 5° F of the developer's — into the tank, using the amount specified by the tank directions. Agitate with ten inversions initially and then for 10 seconds out of every minute for the remainder of the fixing time. The fixing time is not as critical as the developing lime, but stay within the time range suggested in the fixer directions.
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- A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means.
- (criminal justice, law) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
- 1937, Sutherland, Edwin H. (ed); Conwell, Chic (pseudonym), The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Annotated and Interpreted by Edwin H. Sutherland, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, LCCN 37036112:
- A professional bank robber commented on this [a point in the thief's memoir]: 'Perhaps the author means by this that the fixer with whom he is acquainted works only on crimes not involving violence. It is true that there are specialists even in the fix line, and a man who has an in [in = advantageous position] to fix con cases might not be able to fix robbery cases. But if the author means that the fix does not exist in armed robbery, he is badly mistaken. It is merely a matter of knowing the right party to go to.'
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- (journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.
- 2007, Myriam Salama-Carr, Translating and Interpreting Conflict, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 25:
- Yet at the same time, this is also the source of what journalists see as one of the major risks involved in dependence on the fixer: the fixer may determine, to some extent, what the journalist sees. It is at this point that differences between journalists become apparent in the interviews – they give different evaluations of the risks. Clearly, this is a point of tension in their understanding of the situation: the prime positive qualities of the fixer are also the potentially negative ones.
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- (real estate, US) A fixer-upper.
Derived terms
- flicker fixer
- nitrogen fixer
Related terms
- the fix is in
Translations
someone who fixes
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something which fixes
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chemical used in photographic development
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a person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means
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criminal justice, law: a person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit
journalism: a person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services
real estate, US: fixer-upper — see fixer-upper
Anagrams
- refix, xerif
French
Etymology
From fixe + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fik.se/
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Verb
fixer
- to fix, fasten
- to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.)
- (reflexive) to settle (in a place)
- (transitive) to stare at
- 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 11:
- Sur le banc, deux hommes, envelopés de capes dont les pans noirs étaient à demi éclairés par la lueur d'un méchant falot, fixaient l'obscurité.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 11:
Conjugation
Conjugation of fixer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | fixer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | fixant /fik.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | fixé /fik.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | fixe /fiks/ | fixes /fiks/ | fixe /fiks/ | fixons /fik.sɔ̃/ | fixez /fik.se/ | fixent /fiks/ |
imperfect | fixais /fik.sɛ/ | fixais /fik.sɛ/ | fixait /fik.sɛ/ | fixions /fik.sjɔ̃/ | fixiez /fik.sje/ | fixaient /fik.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | fixai /fik.se/ | fixas /fik.sa/ | fixa /fik.sa/ | fixâmes /fik.sam/ | fixâtes /fik.sat/ | fixèrent /fik.sɛʁ/ | |
future | fixerai /fik.sə.ʁe/ | fixeras /fik.sə.ʁa/ | fixera /fik.sə.ʁa/ | fixerons /fik.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | fixerez /fik.sə.ʁe/ | fixeront /fik.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | fixerais /fik.sə.ʁɛ/ | fixerais /fik.sə.ʁɛ/ | fixerait /fik.sə.ʁɛ/ | fixerions /fik.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | fixeriez /fik.sə.ʁje/ | fixeraient /fik.sə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | fixe /fiks/ | fixes /fiks/ | fixe /fiks/ | fixions /fik.sjɔ̃/ | fixiez /fik.sje/ | fixent /fiks/ |
imperfect2 | fixasse /fik.sas/ | fixasses /fik.sas/ | fixât /fik.sa/ | fixassions /fik.sa.sjɔ̃/ | fixassiez /fik.sa.sje/ | fixassent /fik.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | fixe /fiks/ | — | fixons /fik.sɔ̃/ | fixez /fik.se/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- fixation
Descendants
- → Romanian: fixa
Further reading
- “fixer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Verb
fixer
- first-person singular future subjunctive of facer
- third-person singular future subjunctive of facer
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɪksɐ]
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Adjective
fixer
- comparative degree of fix
Adjective
fixer
- inflection of fix:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
fixer
- (Jersey, transitive) to stare at