firme

See also: firmé

Esperanto

Etymology

firma + -e

Adverb

firme

  1. firmly, securely
  2. firmly, steadfastly

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/
  • (file)

Noun

firme f (plural firmes)

  1. firm (company)

Further reading

Anagrams


Italian

Noun

firme f

  1. plural of firma

Anagrams


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

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

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.
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