fixer

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English

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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.
3. (Criminal justice, law, and underworld) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
4. (journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, they often provide interpretation, personal connections, and transportation as a service.

Translations

chemical used in photographic development

• Bulgarian: фиксаж (bg) (fiksaž) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定影劑 (cmn), 定影剂 (cmn) (dìngyǐngjì), 固定劑 (cmn), 固定剂 (cmn) (gùdìngjì)

• Finnish: kiinnite (fi)

• French: fixateur (fr) m
• German: Fixiermittel (de) n, Fixiersalz (de) n
• Japanese: 定着液 (ja) (ていちゃくえき, teichakueki)
• Russian: фиксаж (ru) (fiksáž) m, закрепитель (ru) (zakrepítelʹ) m

Quotations

"A professional bank robber commented on this [a point in the thief's memoir]: 'Perhaps the author means by this that the fixer with whom he is acquainted works only on crimes not involving violence. It is true that there are specialists even in the fix line, and a man who has an in [in = advantageous position] to fix con cases might not be able to fix robbery cases. But if the author means that the fix does not exist in armed robbery, he is badly mistaken. It is merely a matter of knowing the right party to go to.'" —Edwin H. Sutherland (ed), The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Annotated and Interpreted by Edwin H. Sutherland, 1937.

Related terms

• the fix is in

Anagrams

• refix
• xerif

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French

Etymology

From fixe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /fik.se/, X-SAMPA: /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

   Conjugation of fixer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fixer			avoir fixé
gerund		en fixant			en ayant fixé
present participle		fixant
past participle		fixé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	fixe	fixes	fixe	fixons	fixez	fixent
	imperfect	fixais	fixais	fixait	fixions	fixiez	fixaient
	past historic1	fixai	fixas	fixa	fixâmes	fixâtes	fixèrent
	future	fixerai	fixeras	fixera	fixerons	fixerez	fixeront
	conditional	fixerais	fixerais	fixerait	fixerions	fixeriez	fixeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	fixe	fixes	fixe	fixions	fixiez	fixent
	imperfect1	fixasse	fixasses	fixât	fixassions	fixassiez	fixassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	fixe	—	fixons	fixez	—
1literary tenses

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Galician

Verb

fixer

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈfɪksɐ]

Adjective

fixer

1. comparative form of fix

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Jèrriais

Verb

fixer

1. (transitive) to stare at