maxime

See also: Maxime and máxime

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak.sim/

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ksi.me/

Adjective

maxime

1. superlative degree of grande: biggest

Latin

Alternative forms

• maximī (Late Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmak.sɪ.meː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmak.si.me]

Etymology 1

Superlative of magnopere, from maximus +‎ -ē.

Adverb

maximē (comparative maximius, superlative maximissimē)

1. chiefly, mainly, mostly
2. (with adjectives) especially, particularly, very much

   Synonyms: apprīmē, in prīmīs, nimium

3. most
4. certainly
5. very much

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “very little”): minimē

Descendants

• → Italian: massime
• Portuguese: máxime
• Spanish: máxime
• English: maximum

Etymology 2

Adjective

maxime

1. vocative masculine singular of maximus

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.
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