firme

See also: firmé

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Esperanto

Etymology

firma +‎ -e

Adverb

firme

1. firmly, securely
2. firmly, steadfastly

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French

Etymology

From English firm (“commercial undertaking, corporate name”) and/or German Firma (“business, business name, signature”), both from Italian firma (“signature”), from firmare (“to sign”), from Latin firmō (“to make firm”); possibly conflated with Medieval Latin firma (“farmed office, source of revenue”), from Old English feorm (“food, rent, tribute”). More at firm, farm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiʁm/

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Noun

firme f (plural firmes)

1. firm (company)

Further reading

• “firme” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• frémi, frime, frimé

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Italian

Noun

firme f

1. plural of firma

Anagrams

• fermi, Fermi, fremi

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Latin

Adjective

firme

1. vocative masculine singular of firmus

References

• firme in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• firme in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• firme in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese firme, from Vulgar Latin firmis, from Latin firmus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfiɾ.mɨ/
• Hyphenation: fir‧me

Adjective

firme m or f (plural firmes, comparable)

1. firm

Verb

firme

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of firmar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of firmar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of firmar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of firmar

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Spanish

Adjective

firme (plural firmes) (superlative firmísimo)

1. firm

Verb

firme

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of firmar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of firmar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of firmar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of firmar.