firma
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
firma
- third-person singular present indicative form of firmar
- second-person singular imperative form of firmar
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
fīrma
- 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)
- 1586: testimony of Don Juan
References[edit]
- Lockhart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 87, 100, 104
Crimean Tatar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian firma (“signature of a company”).
Noun[edit]
firma
Declension[edit]
nominative | firma |
---|---|
genitive | firmanıñ |
dative | firmağa |
accusative | firmanı |
locative | firmada |
ablative | firmadan |
References[edit]
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
firma f
- firm (business)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- firma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- firma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
firma f (plural firma's, diminutive firmaatje n)
- a large-scale company, a firm
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Indonesian: firma
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
firma (accusative singular firman, plural firmaj, accusative plural firmajn)
- firm (solid, fixed, or steadfast)
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
firma (genitive firma, partitive firmat)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | firma | firmad |
genitive | firma | firmade |
partitive | firmat | firmasid |
illative | firmasse | firmadesse |
inessive | firmas | firmades |
elative | firmast | firmadest |
allative | firmale | firmadele |
adessive | firmal | firmadel |
ablative | firmalt | firmadelt |
translative | firmaks | firmadeks |
terminative | firmani | firmadeni |
essive | firmana | firmadena |
abessive | firmata | firmadeta |
comitative | firmaga | firmadega |
Further reading[edit]
- firma in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
- firma in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- firma in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- firma in Sõnaveeb
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From either English firm or German Firma, from Italian firma (“signature”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
firma
Declension[edit]
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 |
Possessive forms of firma (type kala) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | firmani | firmamme |
2nd person | firmasi | firmanne |
3rd person | firmansa |
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese firma. Back-formation from firmar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
firma f (plural firmas)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “firma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “firma” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “firma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “firma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “firma” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese firmar-se.
Verb[edit]
firma
- to stand
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch firma, from Italian firma, from Latin firmāre, from firmus, from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”). Doublet of darma and derma.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
firma (first-person possessive firmaku, second-person possessive firmamu, third-person possessive firmanya)
Further reading[edit]
- “firma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Back-formation from firmare, from Latin firmāre, from firmus; cognates include English firm (adjective). Doublet of dharma.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
firma f (plural firme)
Descendants[edit]
- → Bulgarian: фи́рма (fírma)
- → Crimean Tatar: firma
- → Czech: firma
- → Dutch: firma
- → Indonesian: firma
- → English: firm (noun)
- → Finnish: firma
- → Georgian: ფირმა (pirma)
- → German: Firma
- → Romanian: firmă
- → Macedonian: фирма (firma)
- → Northern Kurdish: fîrma
- → Norwegian:
- → Polish: firma
- → Portuguese: firma
- → Russian: фи́рма (fírma)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Swedish: firma
- → Turkish: firma
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
firma
- inflection of firmare:
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *fermō (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhuz (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
firma f (genitive firmae); first declension (Medieval Latin)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | firma | firmae |
Genitive | firmae | firmārum |
Dative | firmae | firmīs |
Accusative | firmam | firmās |
Ablative | firmā | firmīs |
Vocative | firma | firmae |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- firma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
- to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
- firma: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfir.ma/, [ˈfɪrmä]
- firma: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfir.ma/, [ˈfirmä]
- firmā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfir.maː/, [ˈfɪrmäː]
- firmā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfir.ma/, [ˈfirmä]
Adjective[edit]
firma
- inflection of firmus:
Adjective[edit]
firmā
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin firmāre, via Italian firma.
Noun[edit]
firma n (definite singular firmaet, indefinite plural firma or firmaer, definite plural firmaene)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin firmāre, via Italian firma.
Noun[edit]
firma n (definite singular firmaet, indefinite plural firma, definite plural firmaa)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “firma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian firma, from Latin firmāre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
firma f
- company (in legal context, a corporation)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- firma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- firma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian firma (“signature”), from Latin firmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, fortify”).
Noun[edit]
firma f (plural firmas)
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
firma
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of firmar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of firmar
Romanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
firma f
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian firma (“signature”), from Latin firmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, fortify”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fȋrma f (Cyrillic spelling фи̑рма)
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From firmar (“to sign”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
firma f (plural firmas)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
firma
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of firmar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of firmar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of firmar.
Further reading[edit]
- “firma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
firma c
Declension[edit]
Declension of firma | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | firma | firman | firmor | firmorna |
Genitive | firmas | firmans | firmors | firmornas |
Derived terms[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
firma (definite accusative firmayı, plural firmalar)
Declension[edit]
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 |
Yogad[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
firma
- Catalan non-lemma forms
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- et:Business
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- id:Business
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- Rhymes:Polish/irma
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- pl:Businesses
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- pt:Law
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