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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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French fixe.

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

• → Turkish: fiks

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fix.

Alternative forms

• fix

Noun

fixe m (plural fixes)

1. fix

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fixe

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

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪksə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiksə/
• Rhymes: -iksə
• Syllabification: fi‧xe

Adjective

fixe

1. inflection of fix:
   1. weak masculine/feminine/neuter nominative/accusative plural
   2. weak masculine accusative singular
   3. weak masculine/feminine/neuter dative singular/plural
   4. strong feminine nominative singular
   5. strong masculine/feminine/neuter nominative/accusative/dative plural
   6. strong masculine/feminine accusative 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.

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fix.

Adjective

fixe m (feminine singular fixee, masculine plural fixes, feminine plural fixees)

1. fixed (not able to move)

Descendants

• French: fixe

References

• fixe on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “fixus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 586

Norman

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fix.

Adjective

fixe m or f

1. (Jersey) fixed

Derived terms

• fixément (“fixedly”)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alteration of fixo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃɨ/

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Audio (Northern Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -iʃɨ
• Hyphenation: fi‧xe

Adjective

fixe m or f (plural fixes)

1. (Portugal, informal) cool, awesome

   Synonyms: (Brazil) legal, agradável, prestável

Derived terms

• fixolas

Interjection

fixe!

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

   Synonyms: (Brazil) legal, baril, porreiro

Noun

fixe m (plural fixes)

1. (Portugal, informal) thumbs up

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

Further reading

• “fixe”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fixe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Swedish

Adjective

fixe

1. definite natural masculine singular of fix