different between fixe vs fixer

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.

Anagrams

• EXIF

Dutch

Verb

fixe

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of fixen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiks/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin f?xus.

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

• ? German: fix
  • ? Hungarian: fix

Verb

fixe

1. first-person singular present indicative of fixer
2. third-person singular present indicative of fixer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fixer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fixer
5. second-person singular imperative of fixer

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fix.

Alternative forms

• fix

Noun

fixe m (plural fixes)

1. fix

Further reading

• “fixe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?ks?]

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

Latin

Participle

f?xe

1. vocative masculine singular of f?xus

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, 1883–1887)
• fixe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fixus, perfect passive participle of f?g?, f?gere (“fasten, fix”).

Adjective

fixe m or f

1. (Jersey) fixed

Derived terms

• fixément (“fixedly”)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?fi.?(?)/
• Hyphenation: fi?xe

Adjective

fixe m or f (plural fixes, comparable)

1. (Portugal, informal) cool, awesome

   Synonyms: (Brazil) legal, agradável, prestável

Interjection

fixe!

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

   Synonyms: (Brazil) legal, baril, porreiro

Etymology 2

From fixo, influenced by French fixe, both from Latin f?xus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?fi.ks?/
• Hyphenation: fi?xe

Verb

fixe

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of fixar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of fixar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of fixar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of fixar

Swedish

Adjective

fixe

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of fix.

English

Etymology

fix +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

fixer (plural fixers)

1. Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.
2. (photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
   • 2003, Bruce Warren, Photography: The Concise Guide, Cengage Learning (?ISBN), page 69

3. A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means.
4. (criminal justice, law) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
5. (journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.
   • 2007, Myriam Salama-Carr, Translating and Interpreting Conflict, Rodopi (?ISBN), page 25

6. (real estate, US) A fixer-upper.

Related terms

• the fix is in

Translations

Anagrams

• refix, xerif

French

Etymology

From fixe +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fik.se/

Verb

fixer

1. to fix, fasten
2. to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.)
3. (reflexive) to settle (in a place)
4. (transitive) to stare at
   • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 11:

     Sur le banc, deux hommes, envelopés de capes dont les pans noirs étaient à demi éclairés par la lueur d'un méchant falot, fixaient l'obscurité.

Conjugation

Descendants

• ? Romanian: fixa

Further reading

• “fixer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Verb

fixer

1. first-person singular future subjunctive of facer
2. third-person singular future subjunctive of facer

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?ks?]

Adjective

fixer

1. comparative degree of fix

Adjective

fixer

1. inflection of fix:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

fixer

1. (Jersey, transitive) to stare at