# fix
## English

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### Alternative forms

* fixe (verb) (archaic)

### Etymology

From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fix (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: fĭks, IPA: /ˈfɪks/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪks

### Verb

fix (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixt or fixed)
* (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
** (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
    He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
*** 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 111:She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and fixed her son with a relentless eye.
* (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
    A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
    A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
    The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.
** (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
    She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
** (transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
** (transitive) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
*** 1985 February 9, Mab Segrest, “Gaybaiting”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 29, page 9:The Democratic Party woke to shambles; many looked around to fix blame. A Hunt aide decided not enough Blacks had come out to vote.
* (transitive) To mend, to repair.
    That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
    You can't fix stupid.
* (ditransitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
    She fixed dinner for the kids.
** 1945, Marianne Steiff Finton Meisel, Years Before the Flood, page 14:She fixed Peter a slice of black bread and jam by cutting the hard crust petalwise around the edge, so the child could tear off convenient pieces.
** 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 94:I fixed us drinks—orange juice with some vodka I'd gotten on sale—and washed a few dishes to get my mind off Jess and the fact of his not texting back.
* (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
    A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
* (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
    Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
* (transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.
    The function $f:\mathbb {R} \to \mathbb {R} ;f(x):=4x-3$ fixes the point $1\in \mathbb {R}$, since $f(1)=4(1)-3=1$.
* (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
    He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
* (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
* (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
    Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
** 1878, William de Wiveleslie Abney, A treatise on photography:it is well to fix with sodium hyposulphite , and to wash as usual
* (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
** 1665, Edmund Waller, Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House:Accuſing ſome malignant Star, Not Britain, for that fateful War, Your kindneſs baniſhes your fear, Reſolv’d to fix for ever here.
** 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:A cheerless place! the solitary Bee, Whose buzzing was the only sound of life, Flew there on restless wing, Seeking in vain one blossom, where to fix.
* (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
** 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:quicksilver will fix, so asto endure the hammer
* (slang, intransitive) To shoot; to inject a drug.
** 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:She doesn't have to worry about stool pigeons because every law in the Federal District knows that Lupita sells junk. She keeps outfits in glasses of alcohol so the junkies can fix in the joint and walk out clean.

#### Conjugation

$^†$ Archaic or obsolete.

#### Synonyms

* (pierce): impale, run through, stick
* (hold in place): join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join
* (mend; repair): patch, put to rights, rectify; see also Thesaurus:repair
* (make a contest unfair): doctor, rig
* (render infertile): neuter, spay, desex, castrate
* (settle or remain permanently): establish, settle down

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to hold in place”): move, change

#### Derived terms

* affix
* affixative
* biofix
* cryofix
* fixability
* fixable
* fixed
* fixer-upper
* fixety
* fixie
* fixing room
* fixings
* fixism
* fixist
* fix-it
* fix it again Tony
* fixity
* fixive
* fixly
* fixme
* fix on
* fix someone's clock
* fix someone's flint
* fix someone's wagon
* fix someone up with
* fix the roof while the sun is shining
* fix to
* fix up
* fix-up
* fix upon
* forefix
* hotfix
* interfix
* misfix
* mixfix
* overfix
* perfix
* postfix
* refix
* underfix
* unfix
* unfixability
* you can't fix stupid

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: fixen, fiksen

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Noun

fix (plural fixes)
* A repair or corrective action.
    Hyponyms: bugfix, technofix
    That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
** 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
* A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation
    It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
** 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 13:"How come you're in this fix?"
* (slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
** 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:And Cash told me of cases where two hips take a fix together and then one pulls out his badge.
** 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:Maybe I will find in yage what I was looking for in junk and weed and coke. Yage may be the final fix.
** 1992, William Alain Jourgensen, “Just One Fix”, in Psalm 69, performed by Ministry:Just one fix!
** (figurative, by extension) Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
** (figurative, by extension) A compulsive desire or thrill.
* A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
** 1963, Howard Saul Becker, Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance, page 160:As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in.
* An understanding, grasp of something.
** 1981 December 1, Susan Saxe, “Survival with Agony and Art”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 9:Each character comes to us with her own particular fix on reality, shaped by a lifetime of experience and by the urgencies of the moment.
* A determination of location.
    We have a fix on your position.
* (aviation) A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
* (US) Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)

#### Derived terms

* fixless
* fix room
* get a fix
* in a fix
* out of fix
* postfix
* prefix
* quick fix
* radio fix
* Saxbe fix
* techno-fix
* the fix is in

#### Descendants

* → French: fixe, fix

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Sutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.]

### Further reading

* fix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “fix n.$^1$ (outfit)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
* “fix n.$^2$ (deal)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
* “fix n.$^3$ (injection)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
* “fix v.$^3$ (to inject)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

## Bouyei
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *wɤjᴬ (“fire”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜇𑜩 (phay),Thai ไฟ (fai), Northern Thai ᨼᩱ (fai), Lao ໄຟ (fai), Lü ᦺᦝ (fay), Tai Dam ꪼꪡ, Shan ၽႆး (phái) or ၾႆး (fái), Tai Nüa ᥜᥭᥰ (fäy), Zhuang feiz, Saek วี๊.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi˧˩/

### Noun

fix
* fire

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fixus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfiks]
* Rhymes: -iks

### Adjective

fix (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixes)
* fixed, not changing
* stationary

#### Derived terms

* fixar
* telefonia fixa

### Further reading

* “fix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* fixa

### Etymology

From fixační tužka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɪks]
* Rhymes: -ɪks

### Noun

fix m inan
* felt-tip pen, marker
    Synonym: popisovač

#### Related terms

* fixovat

### Further reading

* “fix”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “fix”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “fix”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

fix
* inflection of fixen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiks/
* Homophone: fixe

### Noun

fix m (plural fix)
* Alternative spelling of fixe

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German fix, borrowed from Old French fix, borrowed from Latin fixus, from fīgō, from fīvō, from Proto-Italic *feigʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fɪks]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: Ficks
* Rhymes: -ɪks

### Adjective

fix (strong nominative masculine singular fixer, comparative fixer, superlative am fixesten)
* fixed (costs, salary)
    Synonym: fest
    Zu den fixen Kosten zählen Gehälter und Mieten. ― Fixed costs include salaries and rental fees.
* fixed, constant, stationary
    Synonyms: feststehend, konstant, unverändert
    Dieser Berg ist ein fixer Punkt in der Landschaft. ― This mountain is a fixed point in the landscape.
* (Austria) fixed, permanent
    Synonyms: dauernd, fest, ständig
    Voraussetzung für eine fixe Anstellung ist ein fixer Wohnort. ― A fixed residence is a requirement for permanent employment.
* (Austria) definitely (non-gradable)
    Synonyms: definitiv, endgültig, sicher
    Wir treffen ihn fix am nächsten Wochenende. ― We will definitely meet him next weekend.
* (colloquial) quick
    Synonyms: geschwind, flink, schnell
    Der Schaden wurde fix behoben ― The damage has been repaired quickly.
* (colloquial) agile, nimble, skilled, smart
    Synonyms: geschickt, wendig, flink
    Sie ist ein fixes Mädel. ― She is a skilled girl.

#### Descendants

* → Hungarian: fix
* → Swedish: fix
** → Finnish: fiksu

### See also

* fix und fertig

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German fix, from French fixe, from Latin figere, fixus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfiks]
* Rhymes: -iks

### Adjective

fix (not comparable)
* fixed, steady
    Synonyms: rögzített, megszabott
    fix fizetés ― steady salary
* immovable
    Synonym: szilárd
* (informal) sure, certain
    Synonyms: biztos, bizonyos, tuti
    Az fix! ― You bet!

#### Derived terms

* fixpont
* fix objektív

### Noun

fix
* a steady salary
    Havi százezer forint fixe van. ― He has a monthly salary of 100,000 Ft.

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* fix in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Hunsrik
### Etymology 1

From Middle High German fix, borrowed from Old French fix, borrowed from Latin fixus, from fīgō, from fīvō, from Proto-Italic *feigʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfiks/
* Rhymes: -iks
* Syllabification: fix

#### Adjective

fix (comparative fixer, superlative fixest)
* quick; fast

##### Derived terms

* Fixfeier

#### Adverb

fix
* quickly

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

fix m (plural fix)
* Wieseman spelling of Fisch

### References

* Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “fix”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 55, column 2

## Middle High German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fix, borrowed from Latin fixus, from fīgō, from fīvō, from Proto-Italic *feigʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

### Adjective

fix
* quick

#### Declension
### Adverb

fix
* quickly

#### Descendants

* Central Franconian:
** Hunsrik: fix
* German: fix
** → Hungarian: fix
** → Swedish: fix
*** → Finnish: fiksu

### References

* "fix" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

## Old English
### Noun

fix m
* Alternative form of fisċ

## Old French
### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin fixus, from fīgō, from fīvō, from Proto-Italic *feigʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

#### Adjective

fix m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fixe)
* fixed (not able to move)
* (alchemy) nonvolatile

##### Descendants

* Middle French: fixe
** French: fixe
* Norman: fixe
* → Middle High German: fix
** Central Franconian:
*** Hunsrik: fix
** German: fix
*** → Hungarian: fix
*** → Swedish: fix
**** → Finnish: fiksu

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* fils, fis, fiz

#### Noun

fix m
* inflection of fil:
** oblique plural
** nominative singular

### References

* “fix”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French fixe, from Latin fixus.

### Adjective

fix m or n (feminine singular fixă, masculine plural ficși, feminine and neuter plural fixe)
* fixed

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

* Homophone: ficks

### Adjective

fix
* fixed, inflexible, rigid
    en fix idé
       a fixed idea

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Derived terms

* fix idé
* fixstjärna

### Noun

fix c
* a fix, a dose of an addictive drug