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English
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]fixer (plural fixers)
- Agent noun of fix: one who, or that which, fixes.
- (photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
- 2003, Bruce Warren, Photography: The Concise Guide, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 69:
- The fixer removes the undeveloped silver salts from the film, rendering it no longer sensitive to light. Pour the fixer — at a temperature within plus or minus 5° F of the developer's — into the tank, using the amount specified by the tank directions. Agitate with ten inversions initially and then for 10 seconds out of every minute for the remainder of the fixing time. The fixing time is not as critical as the developing lime, but stay within the time range suggested in the fixer directions.
- A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means.
- (Philippines, by extension) Someone who is often paid that helps a customer cut through red tape, especially for government processes or applications.
- (criminal justice, law) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
- 1937, Edwin H. (ed) Sutherland with Conwell, Chic (pseudonym), The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Annotated and Interpreted by Edwin H. Sutherland, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, LCCN 37036112:
- A professional bank robber commented on this [a point in the thief's memoir]: 'Perhaps the author means by this that the fixer with whom he is acquainted works only on crimes not involving violence. It is true that there are specialists even in the fix line, and a man who has an in [in = advantageous position] to fix con cases might not be able to fix robbery cases. But if the author means that the fix does not exist in armed robbery, he is badly mistaken. It is merely a matter of knowing the right party to go to.'
- (journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.
- 2007, Myriam Salama-Carr, Translating and Interpreting Conflict, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 25:
- Yet at the same time, this is also the source of what journalists see as one of the major risks involved in dependence on the fixer: the fixer may determine, to some extent, what the journalist sees. It is at this point that differences between journalists become apparent in the interviews – they give different evaluations of the risks. Clearly, this is a point of tension in their understanding of the situation: the prime positive qualities of the fixer are also the potentially negative ones.
- (real estate, US) A fixer-upper.
- (slang) A drug dealer or user.
- 1969 October 27, Lew Alcindor, Jack Olsen, “My Story”, in Sports Illustrated, volume 31, number 18, →ISSN, page 90:
- He'd say things like, “Now, I don’t want you in Harlem!” He was afraid I'd meet the wrong people in Harlem; fixers, junkies, people like that.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]someone who fixes
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chemical used in photographic development
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a person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means
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criminal justice, law: a person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit
journalism: a person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services
real estate, US: fixer-upper — see fixer-upper
Further reading
[edit]- “fixer n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
- “fixer n.2 (drug dealer/user)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
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From Middle French fixer, from fixe + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fixer
- to fix, fasten
- to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.)
- (reflexive) to settle (in a place)
- (transitive) to stare at
- 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès, published 2012, page 11:
- Sur le banc, deux hommes, envelopés de capes dont les pans noirs étaient à demi éclairés par la lueur d’un méchant falot, fixaient l’obscurité.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of fixer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | fixer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | fixant /fik.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | fixé /fik.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | fixe /fiks/ |
fixes /fiks/ |
fixe /fiks/ |
fixons /fik.sɔ̃/ |
fixez /fik.se/ |
fixent /fiks/ |
imperfect | fixais /fik.sɛ/ |
fixais /fik.sɛ/ |
fixait /fik.sɛ/ |
fixions /fik.sjɔ̃/ |
fixiez /fik.sje/ |
fixaient /fik.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | fixai /fik.se/ |
fixas /fik.sa/ |
fixa /fik.sa/ |
fixâmes /fik.sam/ |
fixâtes /fik.sat/ |
fixèrent /fik.sɛʁ/ | |
future | fixerai /fik.sə.ʁe/ |
fixeras /fik.sə.ʁa/ |
fixera /fik.sə.ʁa/ |
fixerons /fik.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
fixerez /fik.sə.ʁe/ |
fixeront /fik.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | fixerais /fik.sə.ʁɛ/ |
fixerais /fik.sə.ʁɛ/ |
fixerait /fik.sə.ʁɛ/ |
fixerions /fik.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fixeriez /fik.sə.ʁje/ |
fixeraient /fik.sə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | fixe /fiks/ |
fixes /fiks/ |
fixe /fiks/ |
fixions /fik.sjɔ̃/ |
fixiez /fik.sje/ |
fixent /fiks/ |
imperfect2 | fixasse /fik.sas/ |
fixasses /fik.sas/ |
fixât /fik.sa/ |
fixassions /fik.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
fixassiez /fik.sa.sje/ |
fixassent /fik.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | fixe /fiks/ |
— | fixons /fik.sɔ̃/ |
fixez /fik.se/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Romanian: fixa
Further reading
[edit]- “fixer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
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German
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Adjective
[edit]fixer
- inflection of fix:
Hunsrik
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Middle French
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[edit]Verb
[edit]fixer m (feminine singular fixere, masculine plural fixers, feminine plural fixeres)
Conjugation
[edit]- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of fixer
infinitive | simple | fixer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | fixant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | fixé | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | fixe | fixes | fixe | fixons | fixez | fixent |
imperfect | fixois, fixoys | fixois, fixoys | fixoit, fixoyt | fixions, fixyons | fixiez, fixyez | fixoient, fixoyent | |
past historic | fixa | fixas | fixa | fixasmes | fixastes | fixerent | |
future | fixerai, fixeray | fixeras | fixera | fixerons | fixerez | fixeront | |
conditional | fixerois, fixeroys | fixerois, fixeroys | fixeroit, fixeroyt | fixerions, fixeryons | fixeriez, fixeryez | fixeroient, fixeroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | fixe | fixes | fixe | fixons | fixez | fixent |
imperfect | fixasse | fixasses | fixast | fixassions | fixassiez | fixassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | fixe | — | fixons | fixez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Descendants
[edit]- French: fixer
References
[edit]- fixer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norman
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Verb
[edit]fixer
- (Jersey, transitive) to stare at
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