maxime

See also: Maxime and máxime

French

Noun

maxime f (plural maximes)

1. maxim

Descendants

• → Danish: maksime
• → Norwegian Bokmål: maksime
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: maksime
• → Swedish: maxim

Further reading

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

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ksi.me/

Adjective

maxime

1. (superlative degree of grande) biggest

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Latin

Etymology

Superlative of magnopere, from maximus +‎ -ē.

Alternative forms

• maximī (Late Latin, Vulgate)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.si.meː/, [ˈmäks̠ɪmeː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.si.me/, [ˈmɑksimɛ]

• Audio (Classical)

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Adverb

maximē (comparative maximius, superlative maximissimē)

1. chiefly, especially, mainly, particularly
2. most, mostly
3. certainly
4. very much

Antonyms

• (very little): minimē

Descendants

• Portuguese: máxime
• Spanish: máxime

References

• maxime in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maxime in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maxime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: opibus maxime florere
    
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