firma

See also: Firma, firmá, firmà, and fîrma

Catalan

Verb

firma

1. third-person singular present indicative form of firmar
2. second-person singular imperative form of firmar

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish firma.

Noun

fīrma

1. A signature.
   • 1586: testimony of Don Juan

     auh yn don diego de velasco ynic quineltilia huel ymatica quitlalia yn ifirma yhuã ytoca

     (But to verify it don Diego de Velasco with his very own hand places here his signature and name.)

   • 1645: sale of house and land by Agustín de Santiago to Juan Gómez Monteagudo, Spaniard, and wife

     ypanpa nican nictlallia nofirma

     (wherefore I set down here my signature)

   • 1720: confirmation of the status of fields belonging to Santa Elena

     ca nican tictlalia yn tofirma

     (Here we set down our signatures)

References

• Lockhart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 87, 100, 104

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Italian firma (“signature of a company”).

Noun

firma

1. firm (company)

   Synonym: şirket

Declension

Declension of firma

nominative	firma
genitive	firmanıñ
dative	firmağa
accusative	firmanı
locative	firmada
ablative	firmadan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪrma/

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Noun

firma f

1. firm (business)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	firma	firmy
genitive	firmy	firem
dative	firmě	firmám
accusative	firmu	firmy
vocative	firmo	firmy
locative	firmě	firmách
instrumental	firmou	firmami

Related terms

• firemní
• známá firma

See also

• korporace
• podnik
• společnost

Further reading

• firma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• firma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

firma f (plural firma's, diminutive firmaatje n)

1. a large-scale company, a firm

Synonyms

• bedrijf, zaak, handelsonderneming

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Esperanto

Adjective

firma (accusative singular firman, plural firmaj, accusative plural firmajn)

1. firm (solid, fixed, or steadfast)

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Finnish

Noun

firma

1. (informal) firm, company

Declension

Inflection of firma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		firma	firmat
genitive		firman	firmojen
partitive		firmaa	firmoja
illative		firmaan	firmoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		firma	firmat
accusative	nom.	firma	firmat
	gen.	firman
genitive		firman	firmojen firmainrare
partitive		firmaa	firmoja
inessive		firmassa	firmoissa
elative		firmasta	firmoista
illative		firmaan	firmoihin
adessive		firmalla	firmoilla
ablative		firmalta	firmoilta
allative		firmalle	firmoille
essive		firmana	firmoina
translative		firmaksi	firmoiksi
instructive		—	firmoin
abessive		firmatta	firmoitta
comitative		—	firmoineen

Anagrams

• farmi

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese firmar-se.

Verb

firma

1. to stand

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin firmare, from firmus; cognates include English firm.

Noun

firma f (plural firme)

1. signature

Verb

firma

1. third-person singular present indicative of firmare
2. second-person singular imperative of firmare

Related terms

• firmatario

Anagrams

• farmi

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *firhu- (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”).

Alternative forms

• ferma

Noun

firma

1. tax, tribute
2. rent
3. farm

Derived terms

• firma burgi

References

• firma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio
    

Etymology 2

Adjective

fīrma

1. nominative feminine singular of fīrmus
2. nominative neuter plural of fīrmus
3. accusative neuter plural of fīrmus
4. vocative feminine singular of fīrmus
5. vocative neuter plural of fīrmus

Adjective

fīrmā

1. ablative feminine singular of fīrmus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin firmare, via Italian firma

Noun

firma n (definite singular firmaet, indefinite plural firma or firmaer, definite plural firmaene)

1. a company (business), a firm

Synonyms

• selskap

Derived terms

• advokatfirma
• firmabil

References

• “firma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin firmare, via Italian firma

Noun

firma n (definite singular firmaet, indefinite plural firma, definite plural firmaa)

1. a company (business), a firm

Synonyms

• selskap

Derived terms

• advokatfirma
• firmabil

References

• “firma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲir.ma/

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Noun

firma f

1. company (in legal context, a corporation)

Declension

declension of firma

	singular	plural
nominative	firma	firmy
genitive	firmy	firm
dative	firmie	firmom
accusative	firmę	firmy
instrumental	firmą	firmami
locative	firmie	firmach
vocative	firmo	firmy

Further reading

• firma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

firma f (plural firmas)

1. company
2. (law) signature

Synonyms

• (company): empresa, companhia
• (signature): assinatura, rubrica

Related terms

• firmar
• confirmar

Verb

firma

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of firmar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of firmar

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian firma (“signature”), from Latin firmare (“firm, strengthen, fortify”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fîːrma/
• Hyphenation: fir‧ma

Noun

fȋrma f (Cyrillic spelling фи̑рма)

1. firm, company

Declension

Declension of firma

	singular	plural
nominative	firma	firme
genitive	firme	firmi
dative	firmi	firmama
accusative	firmu	firme
vocative	firmo	firme
locative	firmi	firmama
instrumental	firmom	firmama

Synonyms

• poduzéće / preduzéće
• kompànija
• tvȑtka

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Spanish

Noun

firma f (plural firmas)

1. signature
2. seal
3. (business) company

   Synonym: empresa

Derived terms

• antefirma

Related terms

• firmar

Verb

firma

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of firmar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of firmar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of firmar.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

firma c

1. a firm, a company

Declension

Declension of firma
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	firma	firman	firmor	firmorna
Genitive	firmas	firmans	firmors	firmornas

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Turkish

Etymology

From Italian firma.

Noun

firma (definite accusative firmayı, plural firmalar)

1. firm

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	firma
Definite accusative	firmayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	firma	firmalar
Definite accusative	firmayı	firmaları
Dative	firmaya	firmalara
Locative	firmada	firmalarda
Ablative	firmadan	firmalardan
Genitive	firmanın	firmaların