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See also: Fix, FIX, and -fix

English

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8{{{square}}} black king8
7{{{square}}} black pawn7
6{{{square}}} black pawn6
5{{{square}}} ua5
4{{{square}}} white pawn{{{square}}} white king4
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The only way for white to draw is to play d5 to fix (sense 2.2) black's pawns.

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Etymology

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From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fix (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fix (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixt or fixed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
    1. (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
      He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
  2. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
    A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
    A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
    The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.
    1. (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
      She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
    2. (transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
  4. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
    That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
    You can't fix stupid.
    Fix this for me.
    1. (hyperbolic, chiefly with would) To be immensely pleasurable to.
      Some pizza rolls would fix me right now.
      Getting tongued by a hot woman would fix me.
  5. (ditransitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
    She fixed dinner for the kids.
    • 1945, Marianne Steiff Finton Meisel, Years Before the Flood, page 14:
      She fixed Peter a slice of black bread and jam by cutting the hard crust petalwise around the edge, so the child could tear off convenient pieces.
    • 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 94:
      I fixed us drinks—orange juice with some vodka I'd gotten on sale—and washed a few dishes to get my mind off Jess and the fact of his not texting back.
  6. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.[1]
    A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
  7. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
    Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
  8. (transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.
    The function f:ℝ→ℝ;f(x):=4x−3 fixes the point 1∈ℝ, since f(1)=4(1)−3=1.
  9. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
    He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
  11. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
  13. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
    Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
  14. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
    • 1665, Edmund Waller, Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House:
      Accuſing ſome malignant Star,
      Not Britain, for that fateful War,
      Your kindneſs baniſhes your fear,
      Reſolv’d to fix for ever here.
    • 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:
      A cheerless place! the solitary Bee,
      Whose buzzing was the only sound of life,
      Flew there on restless wing,
      Seeking in vain one blossom, where to fix.
  15. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      quicksilver will fix, so asto endure the hammer
  17. (slang, intransitive) To shoot up; to inject a drug.
    • 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
      She doesn't have to worry about stool pigeons because every law in the Federal District knows that Lupita sells junk. She keeps outfits in glasses of alcohol so the junkies can fix in the joint and walk out clean.
  18. (transitive) To arrange (an event etc.).
    Could you fix it for me to meet the band backstage?

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fix
infinitive (to) fix
present tense past tense
1st-person singular fix fixed
2nd-person singular fix, fixest† fixed, fixedst†
3rd-person singular fixes, fixeth† fixed
plural fix
subjunctive fix fixed
imperative fix —
participles fixing fixed

† Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of “to hold in place”): move, change

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Dutch: fixen, fiksen

Translations

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Noun

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fix (plural fixes)

  1. A repair or corrective action.
    Hyponyms: bugfix, technofix
    That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
    • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
      Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
  2. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation
    It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
  4. (slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
    • 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
      And Cash told me of cases where two hips take a fix together and then one pulls out his badge.
    • 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
      Maybe I will find in yage what I was looking for in junk and weed and coke. Yage may be the final fix.
    • 1992, William Alain Jourgensen, “Just One Fix”, in Psalm 69, performed by Ministry:
      Just one fix!
    1. (figurative, by extension) Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
    2. (figurative, by extension) A compulsive desire or thrill.
  6. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
    • 1963, Howard Saul Becker, Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance, page 160:
      As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in.
  7. An understanding, grasp of something.
    • 1981 December 1, Susan Saxe, “Survival with Agony and Art”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 9:
      Each character comes to us with her own particular fix on reality, shaped by a lifetime of experience and by the urgencies of the moment.
  8. A determination of location.
    We have a fix on your position.
  9. (aviation) A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
  11. (US) Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Sutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.]

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Bouyei

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *wɤjᴬ (“fire”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay),Thai ไฟ (fai), Northern Thai ᨼᩱ (fai), Lao ໄຟ (fai), Lü ᦺᦝ (fay), Tai Dam ꪼꪡ, Shan ၽႆး (phái) or ၾႆး (fái), Tai Nüa ᥜᥭᥰ (fäy), Zhuang feiz, Saek วี๊.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fix

  1. fire

Catalan

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin fixus.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    fix (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixes)

    1. fixed, not changing
    2. stationary

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    Czech

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From fixační tužka. First attested in the 20th century.[1]

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    Noun

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    fix m inan

    1. felt-tip pen, marker
      Synonym: popisovač

    Declension

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    Declension of fix (hard masculine inanimate)
    singular plural
    nominative fix fixy
    genitive fixu fixů
    dative fixu fixům
    accusative fix fixy
    vocative fixe fixy
    locative fixu fixech
    instrumental fixem fixy
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    1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “fix”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 189

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    Dutch

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from English fix.

    Noun

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    fix m (plural fixes, no diminutive)

    1. fix (single dose of a narcotic drug)
    2. (figurative) fix (something that satisfies a yearning or a craving)
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    fix

    1. inflection of fixen:
      1. first-person singular present indicative
      2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
      3. imperative

    French

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    fix m (invariable)

    1. alternative spelling of fixe

    German

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der.
    Proto-Italic *feigʷō
    Latin fīvō
    Latin fīgō
    Latin fixuslbor.
    Old French fixbor.
    Middle High German fix
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    French fixeinflu.
    German fix

      Inherited from Middle High German fix, influenced by French fixe.

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      Adjective

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      fix (strong nominative masculine singular fixer, comparative fixer, superlative am fixesten)

      1. fixed (costs, salary)
        Synonym: fest
        Zu den fixen Kosten zählen Gehälter und Mieten. ― Fixed costs include salaries and rental fees.
      2. fixed, constant, stationary
        Synonyms: feststehend, konstant, unverändert
        Dieser Berg ist ein fixer Punkt in der Landschaft. ― This mountain is a fixed point in the landscape.
      3. (Austria) fixed, permanent
        Synonyms: dauernd, fest, ständig
        Voraussetzung für eine fixe Anstellung ist ein fixer Wohnort. ― A fixed residence is a requirement for permanent employment.
      4. (Austria) definitely (non-gradable)
        Synonyms: definitiv, endgültig, sicher
        Wir treffen ihn fix am nächsten Wochenende. ― We will definitely meet him next weekend.
      5. (colloquial) quick
        Synonyms: geschwind, flink, schnell
        Der Schaden wurde fix behoben ― The damage has been repaired quickly.
      6. (colloquial) agile, nimble, skilled, smart
        Synonyms: geschickt, wendig, flink
        Sie ist ein fixes Mädel. ― She is a skilled girl.

      Declension

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      Positive forms of fix
      number & gender singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter
      predicative er ist fix sie ist fix es ist fix sie sind fix
      strong declension
      (without article)       		nominative fixer fixe fixes fixe
      genitive fixen fixer fixen fixer
      dative fixem fixer fixem fixen
      accusative fixen fixe fixes fixe
      weak declension
      (with definite article)       		nominative der fixe die fixe das fixe die fixen
      genitive des fixen der fixen des fixen der fixen
      dative dem fixen der fixen dem fixen den fixen
      accusative den fixen die fixe das fixe die fixen
      mixed declension
      (with indefinite article)       		nominative ein fixer eine fixe ein fixes (keine) fixen
      genitive eines fixen einer fixen eines fixen (keiner) fixen
      dative einem fixen einer fixen einem fixen (keinen) fixen
      accusative einen fixen eine fixe ein fixes (keine) fixen
      Comparative forms of fix
      number & gender singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter
      predicative er ist fixer sie ist fixer es ist fixer sie sind fixer
      strong declension
      (without article)       		nominative fixerer fixere fixeres fixere
      genitive fixeren fixerer fixeren fixerer
      dative fixerem fixerer fixerem fixeren
      accusative fixeren fixere fixeres fixere
      weak declension
      (with definite article)       		nominative der fixere die fixere das fixere die fixeren
      genitive des fixeren der fixeren des fixeren der fixeren
      dative dem fixeren der fixeren dem fixeren den fixeren
      accusative den fixeren die fixere das fixere die fixeren
      mixed declension
      (with indefinite article)       		nominative ein fixerer eine fixere ein fixeres (keine) fixeren
      genitive eines fixeren einer fixeren eines fixeren (keiner) fixeren
      dative einem fixeren einer fixeren einem fixeren (keinen) fixeren
      accusative einen fixeren eine fixere ein fixeres (keine) fixeren
      Superlative forms of fix
      number & gender singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter
      predicative er ist am fixesten sie ist am fixesten es ist am fixesten sie sind am fixesten
      strong declension
      (without article)       		nominative fixester fixeste fixestes fixeste
      genitive fixesten fixester fixesten fixester
      dative fixestem fixester fixestem fixesten
      accusative fixesten fixeste fixestes fixeste
      weak declension
      (with definite article)       		nominative der fixeste die fixeste das fixeste die fixesten
      genitive des fixesten der fixesten des fixesten der fixesten
      dative dem fixesten der fixesten dem fixesten den fixesten
      accusative den fixesten die fixeste das fixeste die fixesten
      mixed declension
      (with indefinite article)       		nominative ein fixester eine fixeste ein fixestes (keine) fixesten
      genitive eines fixesten einer fixesten eines fixesten (keiner) fixesten
      dative einem fixesten einer fixesten einem fixesten (keinen) fixesten
      accusative einen fixesten eine fixeste ein fixestes (keine) fixesten

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      Hungarian

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      Etymology

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      From German fix, from French fixe, from Latin figere, fixus.[1]

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      Adjective

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      fix (not comparable)

      1. fixed, steady
        Synonyms: rögzített, megszabott
        fix fizetés ― steady salary
      2. immovable
        Synonym: szilárd
      3. (informal) sure, certain
        Synonyms: biztos, bizonyos, tuti
        Az fix! ― You bet!

      Declension

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      Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
      singular plural
      nominative fix fixek
      accusative fixet fixeket
      dative fixnek fixeknek
      instrumental fixszel fixekkel
      causal-final fixért fixekért
      translative fixszé fixekké
      terminative fixig fixekig
      essive-formal fixként fixekként
      essive-modal fixül —
      inessive fixben fixekben
      superessive fixen fixeken
      adessive fixnél fixeknél
      illative fixbe fixekbe
      sublative fixre fixekre
      allative fixhez fixekhez
      elative fixből fixekből
      delative fixről fixekről
      ablative fixtől fixektől
      non-attributive
      possessive – singular       		fixé fixeké
      non-attributive
      possessive – plural       		fixéi fixekéi

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      Expressions

      Noun

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      fix

      1. a steady salary
        Havi százezer forint fixe van. ― He has a monthly salary of 100,000 Ft.

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      Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
      singular plural
      nominative fix fixek
      accusative fixet fixeket
      dative fixnek fixeknek
      instrumental fixszel fixekkel
      causal-final fixért fixekért
      translative fixszé fixekké
      terminative fixig fixekig
      essive-formal fixként fixekként
      essive-modal fixül —
      inessive fixben fixekben
      superessive fixen fixeken
      adessive fixnél fixeknél
      illative fixbe fixekbe
      sublative fixre fixekre
      allative fixhez fixekhez
      elative fixből fixekből
      delative fixről fixekről
      ablative fixtől fixektől
      non-attributive
      possessive – singular       		fixé fixeké
      non-attributive
      possessive – plural       		fixéi fixekéi
      Possessive forms of fix
      possessor single possession multiple possessions
      1st person sing. fixem fixeim
      2nd person sing. fixed fixeid
      3rd person sing. fixe fixei
      1st person plural fixünk fixeink
      2nd person plural fixetek fixeitek
      3rd person plural fixük fixeik

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      1. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

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      • fix in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

      Hunsrik

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      Etymology 1

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      Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der.
      Proto-Italic *feigʷō
      Latin fīvō
      Latin fīgō
      Latin fixuslbor.
      Old French fixbor.
      Middle High German fix
      Hunsrik fix

        Inherited from Middle High German fix.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈfiks/
        • Rhymes: -iks
        • Syllabification: fix

        Adjective

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        fix (comparative fixer, superlative fixest)

        1. quick; fast
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        Declension of fix (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
        singular plural
        masculine feminine neuter
        weak inflection nominative fix fix fix fixe
        accusative fixe fix fix fixe
        dative fixe fixe fixe fixe
        strong inflection nominative fixer fixe fixes fixe
        accusative fixe fixe fixes fixe
        dative fixem fixer fixem fixe
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        Adverb

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        fix

        1. quickly

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        Noun

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        fix m (plural fix)

        1. Wieseman spelling of Fisch

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        Middle High German

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          Borrowed from Old French fix, a learned borrowing from Latin fixus, from fīgō, from fīvō, from Proto-Italic *feigʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

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          fix

          1. quick

          Declension

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          Positive forms of fix
          singular plural
          masculine feminine neuter nonneuter neuter
          strong declension nominative fixer fixiu fixeȥ fixe fixiu
          genitive fixes fixer(e) fixes fixer(e)
          dative fixem(e) fixer(e) fixem(e) fixen
          accusative fixen fixe fixeȥ fixe fixiu
          weak declension nominative dër fixe diu fixe daȥ fixe die fixen diu fixen
          genitive dës fixen dër fixen dës fixen dër fixen
          dative dëm fixen dër fixen dëm fixen dën fixen
          accusative dën fixen die fixen daȥ fixe die fixen diu fixen

          Adverb

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          fix

          1. quickly

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          • Central Franconian:
          • German: fix

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          Old English

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          Pronunciation

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          Noun

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          fix m

          1. alternative form of fisċ

          Declension

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          Strong a-stem:

          singular plural
          nominative fix fixas
          accusative fix fixas
          genitive fixes fixa
          dative fixe fixum

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          Etymology 1

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            Learned borrowing from Latin fixus, from fīgō, from fīvō, from Proto-Italic *feigʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

            Adjective

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            fix m (feminine fixe)

            1. fixed (not able to move)
            2. (alchemy) nonvolatile
            Declension
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            Case masculine feminine neuter
            singular subject fixs fixe fix
            oblique fix fixe fix
            plural subject fix fixes fix
            oblique fixs fixes fix
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            • Middle French: fixe
            • Norman: fixe
            • → Middle High German: fix
              • Central Franconian:
              • German: fix

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            Alternative forms

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            Noun

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            fix m

            1. inflection of fil:
              1. oblique plural
              2. nominative singular

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            Romanian

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            Etymology

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            Borrowed from French fixe, from Latin fixus.

            Adjective

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            fix m or n (feminine singular fixă, masculine plural ficși, feminine/neuter plural fixe)

            1. fixed

            Declension

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            Declension of fix
            singular plural
            masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
            nominative-
            accusative             		indefinite fix fixă ficși fixe
            definite fixul fixa ficșii fixele
            genitive-
            dative             		indefinite fix fixe ficși fixe
            definite fixului fixei ficșilor fixelor

            Adverb

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            fix

            1. (informal) exactly
              Fix asta îmi trebuia acum!
              This is exactly what I needed to deal with now!
            2. (precisely) o'clock
              Ne întâlnim la ședință la 19 fix. Ne vedem acolo!
              We're meeting at the conference at exactly 19 o'clock. See you there!

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            Adjective

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            fix

            1. fixed, inflexible, rigid
              en fix idé
              a fixed idea

            Declension

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            Inflection of fix
            Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
            common singular fix — —
            neuter singular fixt — —
            plural fixa — —
            masculine plural2 fixe — —
            Definite positive comparative superlative
            masculine singular3 fixe — —
            all fixa — —

            1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
            2 Dated or archaic.
            3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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            Noun

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            fix c

            1. a fix, a dose of an addictive drug

            Declension

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            Declension of fix
            nominative genitive
            singular indefinite fix fix
            definite fixen fixens
            plural indefinite fixar fixars
            definite fixarna fixarnas
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