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firme

See also: firmé

Esperanto

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Etymology

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firma +‎ -e

Adverb

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firme

  1. firmly, securely
  2. firmly, steadfastly

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed 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

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  • IPA(key): /fiʁm/
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Noun

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firme f (plural firmes)

  1. firm (company)

Descendants

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  • → Russian: фирма (firma)
    • → Georgian: ფირმა (pirma)

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese firme (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin firmis, from Latin firmus.

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Adjective

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firme m or f (plural firmes)

  1. firm
    Synonym: rixo
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: CSIC, page 136:
      Ay espada moy fremosa, que nũca foy suzia nẽ ferrugeẽta, mais sempre foy fremosa et clara et cõueniuele d'ancho et de longo, mais forte et mais firme ca toda las outras, o mãgo tẽes d'almasi moy brãquo et feicto en gisa de cruz, cõ moy fremosa arrays dourada et cõ moy boa maçãa dourada de beril no magarõ.
      Oh, very beauty sword, which was never dirty or rusty but was always beauty and clear and appropriate in its width and in its length; stronger and firmer than the rest; your hilt is of the whitest ivory, made in the form of the cross, with a very beauty golden handle, and an excellent golden apple of beryl in the end
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Noun

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firme m (plural firmes)

  1. surface of a road
  2. solid ground where foundations are built

References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “firme”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “firme”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “firme” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “firme” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “firme” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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firme

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

Italian

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Noun

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firme f

  1. plural of firma

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Latin

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Adjective

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firme

  1. vocative masculine singular of firmus

References

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  • “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.

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fir‧me

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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firme m or f (plural firmes)

  1. firm

Etymology 2

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Verb

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firme

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish firme, from Vulgar Latin *fīrmis, from Latin firmus, from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”). The preservation of initial /f/ is irregular, but Coromines & Pascual reject the possibility of the word being a borrowing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfiɾme/ [ˈfiɾ.me]
  • Rhymes: -iɾme
  • Syllabification: fir‧me

Adjective

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firme m or f (masculine and feminine plural firmes, superlative firmísimo)

  1. firm, steady, secure
  2. steadfast, unwavering, unswerving, firm
  3. adamant
  4. strong, assertive (uncompromising, unyielding)
  5. strong (promising)
    un firme candidato ― a strong candidate
  6. solid, firm
    en tierra firme ― on solid ground

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Descendants

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  • → Zoogocho Zapotec: firm

Verb

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firme

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

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