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firme
firme
See also: firmé
French
Etymology
From English firm (“commercial undertaking, corporate name”), from German Firma (“business, business name, signature”), from Italian firma (“signature”), from firmare (“to sign”), from Latin firmare (“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
Noun
firme f (plural firmes)
- firm (company)
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
firme
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “firme”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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, f (plural firmes, comparable)
Verb
firme
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of firmar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of firmar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of firmar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of firmar