German

Noun

Firma f ‎(genitive Firma, plural Firmen)

1. A firm, the name under which a company operates
2. (colloquial) A company

Derived terms

• Briefkastenfirma

Catalan

Verb

firma

1. third-person singular present indicative form of firmar
2. second-person singular imperative form of firmar

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish firma.

Noun

fīrma

1. A signature.
   • 1586: testimony of Don Juan

     auh yn don diego de velasco ynic quineltilia huel ymatica quitlalia yn ifirma yhuã ytoca

     (But to verify it don Diego de Velasco with his very own hand places here his signature and name.)

   • 1645: sale of house and land by Agustín de Santiago to Juan Gómez Monteagudo, Spaniard, and wife

     ypanpa nican nictlallia nofirma

     (wherefore I set down here my signature)

   • 1720: confirmation of the status of fields belonging to Santa Elena

     ca nican tictlalia yn tofirma

     (Here we set down our signatures)

References

• Lockhart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 87, 100, 104

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Italian firma - signature of a company.

Noun

firma (more common word is şirket)

1. firm (company)

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

firma f

1. firm (business)

Declension

Related terms

• firemní
• známá firma

See also

• korporace
• podnik
• společnost

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

firma c ‎(plural firma's, diminutive firmaatje n)

1. a large-scale company, a firm

Synonyms

• bedrijf, zaak, handelsonderneming

Esperanto

Adjective

firma ‎(accusative singular firman, plural firmaj, accusative plural firmajn)

1. firm (solid, fixed, or steadfast)

Finnish

Noun

firma

1. firm, company

Declension

Anagrams

• farmi

Italian

Etymology

Latin firmare, from firmus, cognates include English firm

Noun

firma f ‎(plural firme)

1. signature

Verb

firma

1. third-person singular present indicative of firmare
2. second-person singular imperative of firmare

Related terms

• firmatario

Anagrams

• farmi

Latin

Alternative forms

• ferma

Etymology

From Old English feorm ‎(“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *firhuma- ‎(“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *firhu- ‎(“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- ‎(“life, force, strength, tree”).

Noun

firma

1. tax, tribute
2. rent
3. farm

Derived terms

• firma burgi

References

• FIRMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio
    

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin firmare, via Italian firma

Noun

firma n ‎(definite singular firmaet, indefinite plural firma or firmaer, definite plural firmaene)

1. a company (business), a firm

Synonyms

• selskap

Derived terms

• advokatfirma
• firmabil

References

• “firma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin firmare, via Italian firma

Noun

firma n ‎(definite singular firmaet, indefinite plural firma, definite plural firmaa)

1. a company (business), a firm

Synonyms

• selskap

Derived terms

• advokatfirma
• firmabil

References

• “firma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

firma f

1. company (in legal context, a corporation)

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

firma f (plural firmas)

1. company.
2. (law) signature.

Synonyms

• (company): empresa, companhia
• (signature): assinatura

Related terms

• firmar
• confirmar

Verb

firma

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of firmar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of firmar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian firma ‎(“signature”), from Latin firmare ‎(“firm, strengthen, fortify”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fîːrma/
• Hyphenation: fir‧ma

Noun

fȋrma f ‎(Cyrillic spelling фи̑рма)

1. firm, company

Declension

Synonyms

• poduzéće / preduzéće
• kompànija
• tvȑtka

Spanish

Noun

firma f ‎(plural firmas)

1. signature
2. seal
3. (business) company

Synonyms

• (business) empresa

Related terms

• firmar

Derived terms

• antefirma

Verb

firma

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of firmar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of firmar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of firmar.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

firma c

1. a firm, a company

Declension