fix

See also: Fix, FIX, and -fix

English

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The only way for white to draw is to play d5 to fix (sense 2.2) black's pawns.

Alternative forms

• fixe (verb) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fix (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fĭks, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪks/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪks

Verb

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
   1. (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.

      He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"

      • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 111:

        She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and fixed her son with a relentless eye.

2. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.

   A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.

   A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.

   The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.

   1. (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.

      She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.

   2. (transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
   3. (transitive) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
      • 1985 February 9, Mab Segrest, “Gaybaiting”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 29, page 9:

        The Democratic Party woke to shambles; many looked around to fix blame. A Hunt aide decided not enough Blacks had come out to vote.

3. (transitive) To mend, to repair.

   That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.

   You can't fix stupid.

4. (ditransitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).

   She fixed dinner for the kids.

   • 1945, Marianne Steiff Finton Meisel, Years Before the Flood, page 14:

     She fixed Peter a slice of black bread and jam by cutting the hard crust petalwise around the edge, so the child could tear off convenient pieces.

   • 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 94:

     I fixed us drinks—orange juice with some vodka I'd gotten on sale—and washed a few dishes to get my mind off Jess and the fact of his not texting back.

5. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.

   A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.

6. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

   Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.

7. (transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.

   The function $f:\mathbb {R} \to \mathbb {R} ;f(x):=4x-3$ fixes the point $1\in \mathbb {R}$, since $f(1)=4(1)-3=1$.

8. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

   He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.

10. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
12. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.

    Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.

    • 1878, William de Wiveleslie Abney, A treatise on photography:

      it is well to fix with sodium hyposulphite , and to wash as usual

13. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
    • 1665, Edmund Waller, Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House:

      Accuſing ſome malignant Star,
      Not Britain, for that fateful War,
      Your kindneſs baniſhes your fear,
      Reſolv’d to fix for ever here.

    • 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:

      A cheerless place! the solitary Bee,
      Whose buzzing was the only sound of life,
      Flew there on restless wing,
      Seeking in vain one blossom, where to fix.

14. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

      quicksilver will fix, so asto endure the hammer

16. (slang, intransitive) To shoot; to inject a drug.
    • 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:

      She doesn't have to worry about stool pigeons because every law in the Federal District knows that Lupita sells junk. She keeps outfits in glasses of alcohol so the junkies can fix in the joint and walk out clean.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fix

infinitive	(to) fix
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	fix	fixed
2nd-person singular	fix, fixest†	fixed, fixedst†
3rd-person singular	fixes, fixeth†	fixed
plural	fix
subjunctive	fix	fixed
imperative	fix	—
participles	fixing	fixed

^† Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

• (pierce): impale, run through, stick
• (hold in place): join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join
• (mend; repair): patch, put to rights, rectify; see also Thesaurus:repair
• (make a contest unfair): doctor, rig
• (render infertile): neuter, spay, desex, castrate
• (settle or remain permanently): establish, settle down

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to hold in place”): move, change

Derived terms

• affix
• affixative
• biofix
• cryofix
• fixability
• fixable
• fixed
• fixer-upper
• fixety
• fixie
• fixing room
• fixings
• fixism
• fixist
• fix-it
• fix it again Tony
• fixity
• fixive
• fixly
• fixme
• fix on
• fix someone's clock
• fix someone's flint
• fix someone's wagon
• fix someone up with
• fix the roof while the sun is shining
• fix to
• fix up
• fix-up
• fix upon
• forefix
• hotfix
• interfix
• misfix
• mixfix
• overfix
• perfix
• postfix
• refix
• underfix
• unfix
• unfixability
• you can't fix stupid

Descendants

• → Dutch: fixen, fiksen

Translations

to mend or repair

• Arabic: صَلَّحَ (ar) (ṣallaḥa), أَصْلَحَ (ʔaṣlaḥa)

  Egyptian Arabic: صلح (ṣallaḥ)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: iguar (ast)
• Azerbaijani: düzəltmək (az)
• Belarusian: пра́віць impf (právicʹ), папра́віць pf (paprávicʹ), папраўля́ць impf (papraŭljácʹ), рамантава́ць impf (ramantavácʹ), адрамантава́ць pf (adramantavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: попра́вям (bg) impf (poprávjam), попра́вя (bg) pf (poprávja)
• Catalan: arreglar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 修理 (zh) (xiūlǐ)

• Czech: opravit (cs) pf, spravit (cs) pf
• Danish: reparere (da), fikse
• Dutch: repareren (nl)
• Esperanto: ripari
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: korjata (fi)
• French: réparer (fr)
• Galician: amañar (gl), arranxar (gl), reparar (gl)
• Georgian: შეკეთება (šeḳeteba)
• German: reparieren (de), flicken (de)
• Greek: διορθώνω (el) (diorthóno)

  Ancient: καταρτίζω (katartízō)

• Hebrew: תִּקֵּן \ תיקן (he) (tikén)
• Hungarian: javít (hu)
• Icelandic: laga (is)
• Irish: deisigh, cuir caoi ar
• Italian: aggiustare (it), riparare (it), mettere una pezza, sistemare (it)
• Japanese: 修理する (ja) (しゅうりする, shuri suru), 治す (ja) (なおす, naosu), 直す (ja) (なおす, naosu)
• Khmer: ជួសជុល (km) (cuəh cul), កែ (km) (kae)
• Korean: 고치다 (ko) (gochida), 수리하다 (ko) (surihada)
• Lao: ຊ່ອມ (sǭm)
• Latin: reficiō (la), reconcinnō, restituō (la), sarciō
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: поправува impf (popravuva), поправи pf (popravi)
• Maori: tapi, whakapai
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: засах (mn) (zasax), сэлбэх (mn) (selbex)

• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: reparere (no), fikse (no), bøte, vøle

  Norwegian Nynorsk: bøta/bøte, fiksa/fikse, reparera/reparere, vøla/vøle

• Old English: ġebētan
• Persian: تعمیر کردن (fa) (ta'mir kardan), درست کردن (fa) (dorost kardan)
• Polish: naprawiać (pl) impf, naprawić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: consertar (pt), reparar (pt), arrumar (pt)
• Russian: чини́ть (ru) impf (činítʹ), почини́ть (ru) pf (počinítʹ), ремонти́ровать (ru) impf (remontírovatʹ), отремонти́ровать (ru) pf (otremontírovatʹ), исправля́ть (ru) impf (ispravljátʹ), испра́вить (ru) pf (isprávitʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀прављати impf, по̀правити pf

  Latin: pòpravljati (sh) impf, pòpraviti (sh) pf

• Slovak: opraviť pf
• Slovene: popravljati impf, popraviti pf
• Spanish: arreglar (es), reparar (es), componer (es), apañar (es)
• Swedish: fixa (sv), åtgärda (sv)
• Thai: ซ่อม (th) (sɔ̂m)
• Tonga (Zambia): bambulula
• Turkish: onarmak (tr), tamir etmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: ла́годити (uk) impf (láhodyty), пола́годити pf (poláhodyty), справля́ти (uk) impf (spravljáty), спра́вити (uk) pf (správyty), ремонтува́ти impf (remontuváty), відремонтува́ти pf (vidremontuváty)
• Vietnamese: sửa chữa (vi)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרריכטן (farrikhtn)

to attach; to affix; to hold in place

• Bulgarian: закре́пвам (bg) impf (zakrépvam)
• Catalan: fixar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 固定 (zh) (gùdìng), 安裝 / 安装 (zh) (ānzhuāng)

• Esperanto: fiksi (eo)
• Finnish: kiinnittää (fi)
• French: fixer (fr)
• German: fixieren (de), befestigen (de), anhängen (de), anheften (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi)

• Japanese: 固定する (ja) (kotei suru), 据える (ja) (sueru)
• Korean: 고정하다 (ko) (gojeonghada)
• Latin: pangō, fīgō (la)
• Maori: ngahu, whakarapa
• Norwegian: feste (no)
• Polish: mocować (pl) impf, przymocować (pl) pf, zamocować (pl) pf
• Portuguese: fixar (pt)
• Russian: устана́вливать (ru) impf (ustanávlivatʹ), установи́ть (ru) pf (ustanovítʹ), фикси́ровать (ru) impf (fiksírovatʹ), зафикси́ровать (ru) pf (zafiksírovatʹ)
• Spanish: fijar (es), pregar (es)
• Swedish: fästa (sv)
• Ukrainian: фіксува́ти impf (fiksuváty), встано́влювати impf (vstanóvljuvaty), укрі́плювати impf (ukrípljuvaty)

to prepare

• Bulgarian: приго́твям (bg) impf (prigótvjam)
• Catalan: preparar (ca)
• Danish: berede
• Finnish: valmistaa (fi), tehdä (fi)
• French: préparer (fr)
• Galician: amañar (gl), preparar (gl)
• German: vorbereiten (de), machen (de), zubereiten (de)
• Greek: φτιάχνω (el) (ftiáchno)

  Ancient: σκευάζω (skeuázō)

• Italian: preparare (it)
• Norwegian: ordne (no)
• Polish: przygotowywać (pl)
• Portuguese: preparar (pt)
• Russian: готови́ть (ru) impf (gotovítʹ), приготови́ть (ru) pf (prigotovítʹ)
• Spanish: preparar (es)
• Swedish: ordna (sv)
• Thai: เตรียม (th) (dtriiam)
• Ukrainian: готува́ти impf (hotuváty), приготува́ти pf (pryhotuváty)
• Vietnamese: chuẩn bị (vi)

to make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair

• Finnish: sopia (fi)
• French: truquer (fr), tricher (fr)
• German: manipulieren (de), match-fixing
• Greek: στήνω (el) (stíno)
• Norwegian: fikse (no)
• Spanish: amañar (es), apañar (es)

to make a business of getting paid to arrange immunity for defendants

to render an animal infertile

• Finnish: leikata (fi)
• French: stériliser (fr)
• German: sterilisieren (de), kastrieren (de)
• Italian: Sterilizzare m or f, sterilizzare (it)
• Norwegian: gjelde (no)
• Polish: kastrować (pl), sterylizować (pl)
• Portuguese: castrar (pt), capar (pt) (informally)
• Russian: стерилизова́ть (ru) impf or pf (sterilizovátʹ), кастри́ровать (ru) impf or pf (kastrírovatʹ)
• Spanish: capar (es)
• Ukrainian: стерилізува́ти impf (sterylizuváty), каструва́ти impf (kastruváty)

to map (a point or subset) to itself

• Norwegian: fiksere

to render (a photographic impression) permanent

• Bulgarian: фикси́рам (bg) impf or pf (fiksíram)
• German: fixieren (de)
• Italian: fissare (it)
• Polish: utrwalać (pl) impf, utrwalić (pl) pf
• Russian: закрепля́ть (ru) impf (zakrepljátʹ), закрепи́ть (ru) pf (zakrepítʹ), фикси́ровать (ru) impf (fiksírovatʹ), зафикси́ровать (ru) pf (zafiksírovatʹ)
• Ukrainian: закріпля́ти impf (zakripljáty), фіксува́ти impf (fiksuváty)

to inject a drug

• Japanese: キメる (ja)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} arreglar (ca)
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} s'enchîtrer (Jersey)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} fikse, ^{(please verify)} reparere

Noun

fix (plural fixes)

1. A repair or corrective action.

   Hyponyms: bugfix, technofix

   That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.

   • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:

     Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.

2. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation

   It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!

   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 13:

     "How come you're in this fix?"

4. (slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
   • 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:

     And Cash told me of cases where two hips take a fix together and then one pulls out his badge.

   • 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:

     Maybe I will find in yage what I was looking for in junk and weed and coke. Yage may be the final fix.

   • 1992, William Alain Jourgensen, “Just One Fix”, in Psalm 69, performed by Ministry:

     Just one fix!

   1. (figurative, by extension) Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
   2. (figurative, by extension) A compulsive desire or thrill.
6. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
   • 1963, Howard Saul Becker, Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance, page 160:

     As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in.

7. An understanding, grasp of something.
   • 1981 December 1, Susan Saxe, “Survival with Agony and Art”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 9:

     Each character comes to us with her own particular fix on reality, shaped by a lifetime of experience and by the urgencies of the moment.

8. A determination of location.

   We have a fix on your position.

9. (aviation) A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
11. (US) Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)

Derived terms

• fixless
• fix room
• get a fix
• in a fix
• out of fix
• postfix
• prefix
• quick fix
• radio fix
• Saxbe fix
• techno-fix
• the fix is in

Descendants

• → French: fixe, fix

Translations

an instance of fixing

• Bulgarian: закрепване n (zakrepvane)
• Dutch: repareren (nl)
• Finnish: korjaus (fi), fiksaus (slang)
• French: réparation (fr) f
• German: Reparatur (de) f
• Hungarian: javítás (hu)
• Italian: riparazione (it) f, sistemazione (it) f, soluzione (it) f
• Norwegian: reparasjon m
• Persian: تعمیر (fa) (ta'mir), بازسازی (fa) (bâzsâzi)
• Polish: naprawa (pl) f
• Portuguese: reparação (pt), correção (pt)
• Russian: закрепле́ние (ru) n (zakreplénije), ремо́нт (ru) m (remónt) (repair)
• Spanish: reparación (es)
• Swedish: fix (sv)

a difficult situation or dilemma

• Bulgarian: диле́ма (bg) f (diléma)
• Finnish: pulma (fi), dilemma (fi)
• German: Dilemma (de) n
• Irish: habal m
• Italian: situazione (it) f, dilemma (it) f, guaio (it) m
• Norwegian: dilemma n, knipe (no) c
• Persian: تنگنا (fa) (tangnâ)
• Polish: dylemat (pl) m
• Russian: диле́мма (ru) f (dilémma), затрудне́ние (ru) n (zatrudnénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: duilgheadas m, staing f
• Spanish: aprieto (es) m

a single dose of an addictive drug

• Bulgarian: доза (bg) f (doza)
• Danish: fix (da) n
• Finnish: huumausaineen käyttökerta
• French: dose (fr) f
• German: Schuss (de) m (only when injected)
• Italian: dose (it) f
• Japanese: 注射 (ja) n
• Norwegian: skudd n, fix m
• Portuguese: dose (pt) f
• Russian: до́за (ru) f (dóza)
• Spanish: dosis (es) f, chute (es), tiro (es)

determination of location

• German: Ortung (de) f
• Spanish: localización (es) f
• Swedish: pejl c

Further reading

• fix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “fix n.¹ (outfit)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• “fix n.² (deal)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• “fix n.³ (injection)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• “fix v.³ (to inject)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *wɤjᴬ (“fire”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay),Thai ไฟ (fai), Northern Thai ᨼᩱ (fai), Lao ໄຟ (fai), Lü ᦺᦝ (fay), Tai Dam ꪼꪡ, Shan ၽႆး (phái) or ၾႆး (fái), Tai Nüa ᥜᥭᥰ (fäy), Zhuang feiz, Saek วี๊.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi˧˩/

Noun

fix

1. fire

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fixus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfiks]
• Rhymes: -iks

Adjective

fix (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixes)

1. fixed, not changing
2. stationary

Derived terms

• fixar
• telefonia fixa

Further reading

• “fix”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Czech

Alternative forms

• fixa

Etymology

From fixační tužka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪks]
• Rhymes: -ɪks

Noun

fix m inan

1. felt-tip pen, marker

   Synonym: popisovač

Declension

Declension of fix (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	fix	fixy
genitive	fixu	fixů
dative	fixu	fixům
accusative	fix	fixy
vocative	fixe	fixy
locative	fixu	fixech
instrumental	fixem	fixy

Related terms

• fixovat

Further reading

• “fix”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fix”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “fix”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

fix

1. inflection of fixen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiks/
• Homophone: fixe

Noun

fix m (plural fix)

1. Alternative spelling of fixe

German

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der.

Proto-Italic *feigʷō

Latin fīvō

Latin fīgō

Latin fixuslbor.

Old French fixbor.

Middle High German fix

Old French fix

Middle French fixe

French fixeinflu.

German fix

From Middle High German fix, borrowed from Old French fix, borrowed from Latin fixus, from fīgō, from fīvō, from Proto-Italic *feigʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɪks]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Ficks
• Rhymes: -ɪks

Adjective

fix (strong nominative masculine singular fixer, comparative fixer, superlative am fixesten)

1. fixed (costs, salary)

   Synonym: fest

   Zu den fixen Kosten zählen Gehälter und Mieten. ― Fixed costs include salaries and rental fees.

2. fixed, constant, stationary

   Synonyms: feststehend, konstant, unverändert

   Dieser Berg ist ein fixer Punkt in der Landschaft. ― This mountain is a fixed point in the landscape.

3. (Austria) fixed, permanent

   Synonyms: dauernd, fest, ständig

   Voraussetzung für eine fixe Anstellung ist ein fixer Wohnort. ― A fixed residence is a requirement for permanent employment.

4. (Austria) definitely (non-gradable)

   Synonyms: definitiv, endgültig, sicher

   Wir treffen ihn fix am nächsten Wochenende. ― We will definitely meet him next weekend.

5. (colloquial) quick

   Synonyms: geschwind, flink, schnell

   Der Schaden wurde fix behoben ― The damage has been repaired quickly.

6. (colloquial) agile, nimble, skilled, smart

   Synonyms: geschickt, wendig, flink

   Sie ist ein fixes Mädel. ― She is a skilled girl.

Declension

Positive forms of fix

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist fix	sie ist fix	es ist fix	sie sind fix
strong declension (without article)	nominative	fixer	fixe	fixes	fixe
	genitive	fixen	fixer	fixen	fixer
	dative	fixem	fixer	fixem	fixen
	accusative	fixen	fixe	fixes	fixe
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der fixe	die fixe	das fixe	die fixen
	genitive	des fixen	der fixen	des fixen	der fixen
	dative	dem fixen	der fixen	dem fixen	den fixen
	accusative	den fixen	die fixe	das fixe	die fixen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein fixer	eine fixe	ein fixes	(keine) fixen
	genitive	eines fixen	einer fixen	eines fixen	(keiner) fixen
	dative	einem fixen	einer fixen	einem fixen	(keinen) fixen
	accusative	einen fixen	eine fixe	ein fixes	(keine) fixen

Comparative forms of fix

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist fixer	sie ist fixer	es ist fixer	sie sind fixer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	fixerer	fixere	fixeres	fixere
	genitive	fixeren	fixerer	fixeren	fixerer
	dative	fixerem	fixerer	fixerem	fixeren
	accusative	fixeren	fixere	fixeres	fixere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der fixere	die fixere	das fixere	die fixeren
	genitive	des fixeren	der fixeren	des fixeren	der fixeren
	dative	dem fixeren	der fixeren	dem fixeren	den fixeren
	accusative	den fixeren	die fixere	das fixere	die fixeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein fixerer	eine fixere	ein fixeres	(keine) fixeren
	genitive	eines fixeren	einer fixeren	eines fixeren	(keiner) fixeren
	dative	einem fixeren	einer fixeren	einem fixeren	(keinen) fixeren
	accusative	einen fixeren	eine fixere	ein fixeres	(keine) fixeren

Superlative forms of fix

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am fixesten	sie ist am fixesten	es ist am fixesten	sie sind am fixesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	fixester	fixeste	fixestes	fixeste
	genitive	fixesten	fixester	fixesten	fixester
	dative	fixestem	fixester	fixestem	fixesten
	accusative	fixesten	fixeste	fixestes	fixeste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der fixeste	die fixeste	das fixeste	die fixesten
	genitive	des fixesten	der fixesten	des fixesten	der fixesten
	dative	dem fixesten	der fixesten	dem fixesten	den fixesten
	accusative	den fixesten	die fixeste	das fixeste	die fixesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein fixester	eine fixeste	ein fixestes	(keine) fixesten
	genitive	eines fixesten	einer fixesten	eines fixesten	(keiner) fixesten
	dative	einem fixesten	einer fixesten	einem fixesten	(keinen) fixesten
	accusative	einen fixesten	eine fixeste	ein fixestes	(keine) fixesten

Descendants

• → Hungarian: fix
• → Swedish: fix
  • → Finnish: fiksu

See also

• fix und fertig

Hungarian

Etymology

From German fix, from French fixe, from Latin figere, fixus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiks]
• Rhymes: -iks

Adjective

fix (not comparable)

1. fixed, steady

   Synonyms: rögzített, megszabott

   fix fizetés ― steady salary

2. immovable

   Synonym: szilárd

3. (informal) sure, certain

   Synonyms: biztos, bizonyos, tuti

   Az fix! ― You bet!

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	fix	fixek
accusative	fixet	fixeket
dative	fixnek	fixeknek
instrumental	fixszel	fixekkel
causal-final	fixért	fixekért
translative	fixszé	fixekké
terminative	fixig	fixekig
essive-formal	fixként	fixekként
essive-modal	fixül	—
inessive	fixben	fixekben
superessive	fixen	fixeken
adessive	fixnél	fixeknél
illative	fixbe	fixekbe
sublative	fixre	fixekre
allative	fixhez	fixekhez
elative	fixből	fixekből
delative	fixről	fixekről
ablative	fixtől	fixektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	fixé	fixeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	fixéi	fixekéi

Derived terms

Compound words

• fixpont

Expressions

• fix objektív

Noun

fix

1. a steady salary

   Havi százezer forint fixe van. ― He has a monthly salary of 100,000 Ft.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	fix	fixek
accusative	fixet	fixeket
dative	fixnek	fixeknek
instrumental	fixszel	fixekkel
causal-final	fixért	fixekért
translative	fixszé	fixekké
terminative	fixig	fixekig
essive-formal	fixként	fixekként
essive-modal	fixül	—
inessive	fixben	fixekben
superessive	fixen	fixeken
adessive	fixnél	fixeknél
illative	fixbe	fixekbe
sublative	fixre	fixekre
allative	fixhez	fixekhez
elative	fixből	fixekből
delative	fixről	fixekről
ablative	fixtől	fixektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	fixé	fixeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	fixéi	fixekéi

Possessive forms of fix

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fixem	fixeim
2nd person sing.	fixed	fixeid
3rd person sing.	fixe	fixei
1st person plural	fixünk	fixeink
2nd person plural	fixetek	fixeitek
3rd person plural	fixük	fixeik

Further reading

• fix in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Hunsrik

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der.

Proto-Italic *feigʷō

Latin fīvō

Latin fīgō

Latin fixuslbor.

Old French fixbor.

Middle High German fix

Hunsrik fix

From Middle High German fix, borrowed from Old French fix, borrowed from Latin fixus, from fīgō, from fīvō, from Proto-Italic *feigʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiks/
• Rhymes: -iks
• Syllabification: fix

Adjective

fix (comparative fixer, superlative fixest)

1. quick; fast

Declension

Declension of fix (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
weak inflection	nominative	fix	fix	fix	fixe
	accusative	fixe	fix	fix	fixe
	dative	fixe	fixe	fixe	fixe
strong inflection	nominative	fixer	fixe	fixes	fixe
	accusative	fixe	fixe	fixes	fixe
	dative	fixem	fixer	fixem	fixe

Derived terms

• Fixfeier

Adverb

fix

1. quickly

Etymology 2

Noun

fix m (plural fix)

1. Wieseman spelling of Fisch

References

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “fix”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 55, column 2

Middle High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fix, borrowed from Latin fixus, from fīgō, from fīvō, from Proto-Italic *feigʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

Adjective

fix

1. quick

Declension

Positive forms of fix

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	nonneuter	neuter
strong declension	nominative	fixer	fixiu	fixeȥ	fixe	fixiu
	genitive	fixes	fixer(e)	fixes	fixer(e)
	dative	fixem(e)	fixer(e)	fixem(e)	fixen
	accusative	fixen	fixe	fixeȥ	fixe	fixiu
weak declension	nominative	dër fixe	diu fixe	daȥ fixe	die fixen	diu fixen
	genitive	dës fixen	dër fixen	dës fixen	dër fixen
	dative	dëm fixen	dër fixen	dëm fixen	dën fixen
	accusative	dën fixen	die fixen	daȥ fixe	die fixen	diu fixen

Adverb

fix

1. quickly

Descendants

• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: fix
• German: fix
  • → Hungarian: fix
  • → Swedish: fix
    • → Finnish: fiksu

References

• "fix" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Old English

Noun

fix m

1. Alternative form of fisċ

Old French

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin fixus, from fīgō, from fīvō, from Proto-Italic *feigʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

Adjective

fix m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fixe)

1. fixed (not able to move)
2. (alchemy) nonvolatile

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	fixs	fixe	fix
	oblique	fix			fixe	fix
plural	subject	fix	fixes		fix
	oblique	fixs			fixes	fix

Descendants

• Middle French: fixe
  • French: fixe
• Norman: fixe
• → Middle High German: fix
  • Central Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: fix
  • German: fix
    • → Hungarian: fix
    • → Swedish: fix
      • → Finnish: fiksu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• fils, fis, fiz

Noun

fix m

1. inflection of fil:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

References

• “fix”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fixe, from Latin fixus.

Adjective

fix m or n (feminine singular fixă, masculine plural ficși, feminine and neuter plural fixe)

1. fixed

Declension

Declension of fix

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	fix		fixă		ficși	fixe
	definite	fixul		fixa		ficșii	fixele
genitive- dative	indefinite	fix		fixe		ficși	fixe
	definite	fixului		fixei		ficșilor	fixelor

Swedish

Etymology

• Homophone: ficks

Adjective

fix

1. fixed, inflexible, rigid

   en fix idé

   a fixed idea

Declension

Inflection of fix

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	fix	—	—
neuter singular	fixt	—	—
plural	fixa	—	—
masculine plural2	fixe	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	fixe	—	—
all	fixa	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• fix idé
• fixstjärna

Noun

fix c

1. a fix, a dose of an addictive drug

Declension

Declension of fix

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fix	fix
	definite	fixen	fixens
plural	indefinite	fixar	fixars
	definite	fixarna	fixarnas