fixe

See also: fixé

English

Verb

fixe (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixed or fixt)

1. Archaic form of fix.

See also

• idée fixe

Anagrams

• EXIF

Dutch

Verb

fixe

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of fixen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiks/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fīxus.

Adjective

fixe (plural fixes)

1. 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
  • → Swedish: fix
    • → Finnish: fiksu
• → Turkish: fiks

Verb

fixe

1. inflection of fixer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fix.

Alternative forms

• fix

Noun

fixe m (plural fixes)

1. fix

Further reading

• “fixe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪksə]

• Audio:

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Adjective

fixe

1. inflection of fix:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Participle

fīxe

1. 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

1. (Jersey) fixed

Derived terms

• fixément (“fixedly”)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃɨ/

• Hyphenation: fi‧xe

Adjective

fixe m or f (plural fixes)

1. (Portugal, informal) cool, awesome

   Synonyms: (Brazil) legal, agradável, prestável

Interjection

fixe!

1. (Portugal, informal) cool!, great!

   Synonyms: (Brazil) legal, baril, porreiro

Noun

fixe m (plural fixes)

1. (Portugal, informal) thumbs up

Etymology 2

From fixo, influenced by French fixe, both from Latin fīxus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfik.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfik.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfik.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ksɨ/

• Hyphenation: fi‧xe

Verb

fixe

1. inflection of fixar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Adjective

fixe

1. definite natural masculine singular of fix