firme

Etymology

firma +‎ -e

Adverb

firme

1. firmly, securely
2. firmly, steadfastly

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

• IPA^(key): /fiʁm/

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Noun

firme f (plural firmes)

1. firm (company)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• frémi, frime, frimé

Noun

firme f

1. plural of firma

Anagrams

• fermi, Fermi, fremi

Adjective

firme

1. 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
• firme in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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)

1. firm

Verb

firme

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

Adjective

firme (plural firmes) (superlative firmísimo)

1. firm

Verb

firme

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of firmar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of firmar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of firmar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of firmar.