firm

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from. The contemporary sense developed in the 18th century simultaneously with. There are conflicting statements in the literature as to which of the two languages influenced which. . Other cognates include 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
 * 2)  A business enterprise, however organized.
 * 3)  A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
 * 1)  A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
 * 1)  A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: firmo
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: firma
 * Georgian: ფირმა
 * German:
 * Hebrew:, פירמה
 * Irish: comhlacht, gnólacht
 * Macedonian: фирма
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: фи̑рма,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Belarusian: фі́рма
 * Esperanto: firmo
 * Finnish: ;
 * French:
 * Galician: firma
 * Georgian: ფირმა
 * German:
 * Hebrew:, , פירמה
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: comhlacht, gnólacht
 * Maori: kamupene
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: фі́рма


 * Finnish:


 * Arabic:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Greek: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Manx:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovene: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Volapük:

Etymology 2
From, from , from. .

Adjective

 * 1) Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
 * 2) Fixed (in opinion).
 * 3) Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
 * 4) Durable, rigid (material state).
 * 5) Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.
 * 6) Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.
 * 1) Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
 * 2) Durable, rigid (material state).
 * 3) Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.
 * 4) Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.
 * 1) Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.
 * 2) Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.
 * 1) Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: ماكن
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, , , davamlı
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto: fiksa,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მყარი, მაგარი, მტკიცე
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌿𐍃
 * Greek:, , ναστός
 * Ancient: βέβαιος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: diongbháilte
 * Latgalian: styngrys
 * Latin: firmus
 * Latvian: stingrs
 * Maori: whena, pākaha, tina, toka, kiriūka, ita
 * Middle English: ferme
 * Plautdietsch: faust
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cunbhalach, seasmhach
 * Slovene: čvrst
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese:
 * Ukrainian: стійки́й


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: nepoddajný
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: veendunud
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მყარი, მდგრადი, დამაგრებული, უძრავი, ფიქსირებული
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:, משוכנע,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: firmus
 * Latvian: stingrs
 * Maori: mārō, ū
 * Middle English: ferme
 * Old English: ǣfæst
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: seasmhach
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: непохи́тний


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მყარი, მაგარი, მტკიცე
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: στερεός, στριφνός
 * Hebrew:, צפיד, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Latin: firmus
 * Latvian: stings, stingrs
 * Maori: mārō
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:, čvrst
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: kšuty
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tausug: mahugut
 * Ukrainian: тверди́й


 * Norman:

Adverb

 * 1)  firmly, steadily

Etymology 3
From, partly from (either through or directly) , from , and partly a new formation on the adjective.

Verb

 * 1)  To make firm or strong; fix securely.
 * 2)  To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
 * 3)  To become firm; stabilise.
 * 4)  To improve after decline.
 * 5)  To shorten (of betting odds).
 * 6)  To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: upevnit
 * Esperanto: firmigi
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Maori: rarawhi, rawhi
 * Middle English: fermen
 * Polish: ujędniać
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene: utrditi, učvrstiti
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, kiinnittää lujasti
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Maori: rawhi, rarawhi, rawhirawhi
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene: utrditi, učvrstiti
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: tetepe
 * Slovene: utrditi


 * Bulgarian: втвърдявам се
 * Czech: ztvrdnout
 * Esperanto: firmiĝi
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Polish: umacniać się, umocnić się
 * Spanish:, hirmarse


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,

Etymology 1
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  ; strong; solid
 * 2) ; insistent
 * 3)  awesome; fantastic; amazing; terrific
 * 4)  close; intimate
 * 1) ; insistent
 * 2)  awesome; fantastic; amazing; terrific
 * 3)  close; intimate
 * 1)  close; intimate
 * 1)  close; intimate
 * 1)  close; intimate

Noun

 * 1)  ; business

Verb

 * 1)  to confirm; to finalize

Adjective

 * 1)  sure; certain

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1)  experienced, well versed

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.