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fixer
English
Etymology
fix +? -er
Pronunciation
Noun
fixer (plural fixers)
- Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.
- (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
- 2003, Bruce Warren, Photography: The Concise Guide, Cengage Learning (?ISBN), page 69
- A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means.
- (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.
- (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
- 2007, Myriam Salama-Carr, Translating and Interpreting Conflict, Rodopi (?ISBN), page 25
- (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
- to fix, fasten
- to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.)
- (reflexive) to settle (in a place)
- (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.
- 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 11:
Conjugation
Descendants
- ? Romanian: fixa
Further reading
- “fixer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Verb
fixer
- first-person singular future subjunctive of facer
- third-person singular future subjunctive of facer
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?ks?]
Adjective
fixer
- comparative degree of fix
Adjective
fixer
- inflection of fix:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
fixer
- (Jersey, transitive) to stare at
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fiber
English
Alternative forms
- fibre (chiefly British)
Etymology
From French fibre, from Old French, from Latin fibra
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fa?.b?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fa?.b?/
- Rhymes: -a?b?(r)
Noun
fiber (countable and uncountable, plural fibers) (American spelling)
- (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
- (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
- (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
- Dietary fiber.
- (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- Holonyms: bundle, fiber bundle
- Meronym: germ
- (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- FBIer, brief, fibre
Danish
Noun
fiber c (definite singular fiberen, indefinite plural fibre, definite plural fibrene)
- fibre (UK), fiber (US)
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *b?éb?rus. Doublet of beber.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?fi.ber/, [?f?b?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fi.ber/, [?fi?b?r]
Noun
fiber m (genitive fibr?); second declension
- beaver
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Synonyms
- castor (more common), beber (Late Latin)
Derived terms
- fibr?nus
References
- fiber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin fibra (“fiber, filament”), possibly from *fidber or *findber, from Proto-Indo-European *b?eyd- (“to split”).
Noun
fiber m (definite singular fiberen, indefinite plural fibere or fibre or fibrer, definite plural fiberne or fibrene)
- fibre (UK), fiber (US)
Derived terms
References
- “fiber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fiber m (definite singular fiberen, indefinite plural fibrar, definite plural fibrane)
- fibre (UK), fiber (US)
Derived terms
- fiberoptisk
- fiberrik
- karbonfiber
- naturfiber
References
- “fiber” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
fiber c
- fibre (UK), fiber (US)
Declension
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