French

Proper noun

Maxime

1. A male given name derived from Latin Maximus.

Related terms

• Max
• Maximilien

German

Etymology

From French maxime, from Latin maximē.

Noun

Maxime f ‎(genitive Maxime, plural Maximen)

1. maxim

Declension

French

Noun

maxime f ‎(plural maximes)

1. maxim

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ksi.me/

Adjective

maxime

1. (superlative degree of grande) biggest

Latin

Etymology

From maximus +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.si.meː/

Adverb

maximē ‎(comparable maximius, superlative maximissimē)

1. especially, chiefly, particularly
2. certainly
3. very much
4. most

Antonyms

• (very little): minimē

Descendants

• Portuguese: máxime
• Spanish: máxime

References

• maxime in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maxime in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “maxime”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: opibus maxime florere
    
  • to take great pains in order to..: studiose (diligenter, enixe, sedulo, maxime) dare operam, ut...