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firma

See also: Firma, firmá, firmà, and fîrma

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CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

firma

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of firmar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of firmar

Classical NahuatlEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish firma.

NounEdit

fīrma

  1. A signature.
    • 1586: testimony of Don Juan
      auh yn don diego de velasco ynic quineltilia huel ymatica quitlalia yn ifirma yhuã ytoca
      (But to verify it don Diego de Velasco with his very own hand places here his signature and name.)
    • 1645: sale of house and land by Agustín de Santiago to Juan Gómez Monteagudo, Spaniard, and wife
      ypanpa nican nictlallia nofirma
      (wherefore I set down here my signature)
    • 1720: confirmation of the status of fields belonging to Santa Elena
      ca nican tictlalia yn tofirma
      (Here we set down our signatures)

ReferencesEdit

  • Lockhart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 87, 100, 104

Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

Italian firma (“signature of a company”).

NounEdit

firma

  1. firm (company)
    Synonym: şirket

DeclensionEdit

Declension of firma
nominative firma
genitive firmanıñ
dative firmağa
accusative firmanı
locative firmada
ablative firmadan

ReferencesEdit

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪrma/
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NounEdit

firma f

  1. firm (business)
DeclensionEdit
Declension
singular plural
nominative firma firmy
genitive firmy firem
dative firmě firmám
accusative firmu firmy
vocative firmo firmy
locative firmě firmách
instrumental firmou firmami

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • firma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • firma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

firma f (plural firma's, diminutive firmaatje n)

  1. a large-scale company, a firm

SynonymsEdit

EsperantoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

firma (accusative singular firman, plural firmaj, accusative plural firmajn)

  1. firm (solid, fixed, or steadfast)

FinnishEdit

NounEdit

firma

  1. (informal) firm, company

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of firma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative firma firmat
genitive firman firmojen
partitive firmaa firmoja
illative firmaan firmoihin
singular plural
nominative firma firmat
accusative nom. firma firmat
gen. firman
genitive firman firmojen
firmainrare
partitive firmaa firmoja
inessive firmassa firmoissa
elative firmasta firmoista
illative firmaan firmoihin
adessive firmalla firmoilla
ablative firmalta firmoilta
allative firmalle firmoille
essive firmana firmoina
translative firmaksi firmoiksi
instructive — firmoin
abessive firmatta firmoitta
comitative — firmoineen

AnagramsEdit

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin firmare, from firmus; cognates include English firm.

NounEdit

firma f (plural firme)

  1. signature

VerbEdit

firma

  1. third-person singular present indicative of firmare
  2. second-person singular imperative of firmare

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *firhu- (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”).

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

firma

  1. tax, tribute
  2. rent
  3. farm
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • firma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    • a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio

Etymology 2Edit

AdjectiveEdit

fīrma

  1. nominative feminine singular of fīrmus
  2. nominative neuter plural of fīrmus
  3. accusative neuter plural of fīrmus
  4. vocative feminine singular of fīrmus
  5. vocative neuter plural of fīrmus

AdjectiveEdit

fīrmā

  1. ablative feminine singular of fīrmus

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin firmare, via Italian firma

NounEdit

firma n (definite singular firmaet, indefinite plural firma or firmaer, definite plural firmaene)

  1. a company (business), a firm

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin firmare, via Italian firma

NounEdit

firma n (definite singular firmaet, indefinite plural firma, definite plural firmaa)

  1. a company (business), a firm

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

firma f

  1. company (in legal context, a corporation)

DeclensionEdit

declension of firma
singular plural
nominative firma firmy
genitive firmy firm
dative firmie firmom
accusative firmę firmy
instrumental firmą firmami
locative firmie firmach
vocative firmo firmy

Further readingEdit

  • firma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

firma f (plural firmas)

  1. company
  2. (law) signature

SynonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

VerbEdit

firma

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of firmar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of firmar

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian firma (“signature”), from Latin firmare (“firm, strengthen, fortify”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /fîːrma/
  • Hyphenation: fir‧ma

NounEdit

fȋrma f (Cyrillic spelling фи̑рма)

  1. firm, company

DeclensionEdit

Declension of firma
singular plural
nominative firma firme
genitive firme firmi
dative firmi firmama
accusative firmu firme
vocative firmo firme
locative firmi firmama
instrumental firmom firmama

SynonymsEdit

SpanishEdit

NounEdit

firma f (plural firmas)

  1. signature
  2. seal
  3. (business) company
    Synonym: empresa

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

VerbEdit

firma

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of firmar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of firmar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of firmar.

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

firma c

  1. a firm, a company

DeclensionEdit

Declension of firma 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative firma firman firmor firmorna
Genitive firmas firmans firmors firmornas

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian firma.

NounEdit

firma (definite accusative firmayı, plural firmalar)

  1. firm

DeclensionEdit

Inflection
Nominative firma
Definite accusative firmayı
Singular Plural
Nominative firma firmalar
Definite accusative firmayı firmaları
Dative firmaya firmalara
Locative firmada firmalarda
Ablative firmadan firmalardan
Genitive firmanın firmaların
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