maxime

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See also: Maxime and máxime

French

Pronunciation

Noun

maxime f (plural maximes)

  1. maxim

Descendants

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

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

Adjective

maxime

  1. (superlative degree of grande) biggest

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Superlative of magnopere, from maximus +‎ .

Pronunciation

Adverb

maximē (comparative maximius, superlative maximissimē)

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

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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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: opibus maxime florere
    • to take great pains in order to..: studiose (diligenter, enixe, sedulo, maxime) dare operam, ut...