maxime

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See also: Maxime and máxime

French

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Noun

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maxime f (plural maximes)

  1. maxim

Descendants

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

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Interlingua

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Adjective

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maxime

  1. (superlative degree of grande) biggest

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Superlative of magnopere, from maximus +‎ .

Adverb

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maximē (comparative maximius, superlative maximissimē)

  1. chiefly, especially, mainly, particularly
  2. most, mostly
  3. certainly
  4. very much
Antonyms
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  • (antonym(s) of very little): minimē
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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maxime

  1. vocative masculine singular of maximus

References

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  • 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.
    • 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...