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{{also|Fix|FIX|-fix}}
==English==
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|The only way for white to [[draw]] is to play d5 to '''fix''' (sense 2.2) black's pawns.}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|fixe||archaic|pos=verb}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeygʷ-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|fixen}}, borrowed from {{der|en|fro|*fixer}} (attested only as {{m|fro|ficher}}, {{m|fro|fichier}}; > English {{m|en|fitch}}), from {{m|fro|fix||fastened; fixed}}, from {{der|en|la|fīxus||immovable; steady; stable; fixed}}, from {{m|la|fīgō||to drive in; stick; fasten}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰeygʷ-||to jab; stick; set}}. Related to {{m|en|dig}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|fĭks}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈfɪks/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-fix.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪks|s=1}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb|fixes|fixing|fixt|past2=fixed}}

# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[pierce]]; now generally replaced by [[transfix]].
## {{lb|en|transitive|by extension}} (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
##: {{ux|en|He '''fixed''' me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"}}
##* {{RQ:Lindsay Redheap|page=111|passage=She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and '''fixed''' her son with a relentless eye.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[attach]]; to [[affix]]; to hold [[in place]] or at a particular [[time]].
#: {{ux|en|A dab of chewing gum will '''fix''' your note to the bulletin board.}}
#: {{ux|en|A leech can '''fix''' itself to your skin without you feeling it.}}
#: {{ux|en|The Constitution '''fixes''' the date when Congress must meet.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively|usually in the passive}} To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to [[fixate]].
##: {{ux|en|She's '''fixed''' on the idea of becoming a doctor.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|chess}} To prevent enemy [[pawn]]s from [[advance|advancing]] by directly [[oppose|opposing]] the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to [[threaten]] to [[capture]] any advancing [[backward pawn]]s.
## {{lb|en|transitive}} {{rfdef|en}}
##* {{quote-journal|en|date=9 Feb 85|volume=12|number=29|journal=Gay Community News|page=9|title=Gaybaiting|author=Mab Segrest|text=The Democratic Party woke to shambles; many looked around to '''fix''' blame. A Hunt aide decided not enough Blacks had come out to vote.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[mend]], to [[repair]].
#: {{ux|en|That heater will start a fire if you don't '''fix''' it.}}
#: {{ux|en|You can't '''fix''' stupid.}}
# {{lb|en|ditransitive|informal}} To prepare (food or drink).
#: {{ux|en|She '''fixed''' dinner for the kids.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1945|author=Marianne Steiff Finton Meisel|title=Years Before the Flood|page=14
|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=w:Iris Smyles|title=Iris Has Free Time|location=Berkeley, CA|publisher={{w|Counterpoint (publisher)|Counterpoint}}|isbn=9781593765194|page={{gbooks|M2yDAgAAQBAJ|94|fixed}}|passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|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.<ref>Sutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.]</ref>
#: {{ux|en|A majority of voters believed the election was '''fixed''' in favor of the incumbent.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|US|informal}} To [[surgical]]ly [[render]] an animal, especially a pet, [[infertile]].
#: {{ux|en|Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet '''fix''' him.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|mathematics|semantics}} To [[map]] (a [[point]] or [[subset]]) to [[itself]].
#: {{ux|en|The function <math>f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} ; f(x) := 4x - 3</math> '''fixes''' the point <math>1 \in \mathbb{R}</math>, since <math>f(1) = 4(1) - 3 = 1</math>.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
#: {{ux|en|He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys '''fixed''' him after work.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
# {{senseid|en|transitive chemistry}}{{lb|en|transitive|chemistry|biology}} To convert into a stable or available form.
#: {{ux|en|Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to '''fix''' nitrogen.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1878|author=w:William de Wiveleslie Abney|title=A treatise on photography
|passage=it is well to '''fix''' with sodium hyposulphite , and to wash as usual}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[become]] [[fixed]]; to [[settle]] or [[remain]] [[permanently]]; to cease from wandering; to rest.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1665|author=w:Edmund Waller|title=Upon Her Maiesties New Buildings at Somerset-House
|passage=Accuſing ſome malignant Star,<br>Not ''Britain'', for that fateful War,<br>Your kindneſs baniſhes your fear,<br>Reſolv’d to '''fix''' for ever here.}}
#* {{RQ:Southey Thalaba|||A cheerless place! the solitary Bee,<br>Whose buzzing was the only sound of life,<br>Flew there on restless wing,<br>Seeking in vain one blossom, where to '''fix'''.}}
# {{lb|en|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.
#* {{RQ:Bacon Sylva Sylvarum|passage=quicksilver will '''fix''', so asto endure the hammer}}
# {{senseid|en|inject}} {{lb|en|slang|intransitive}} To [[shoot]]; to [[inject]] a [[drug]].
#* {{RQ:William Burroughs Junkie|passage=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====
{{en-conj|es|old=1}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|pierce}} {{l|en|impale}}, {{l|en|run through}}, {{l|en|stick}}
* {{sense|hold in place}} {{l|en|join}}, {{l|en|put together}}, {{l|en|unite}}; see also [[Thesaurus:join]]
* {{sense|mend; repair}} {{l|en|patch}}, {{l|en|put to rights}}, {{l|en|rectify}}; see also [[Thesaurus:repair]]
* {{sense|make a contest unfair}} {{l|en|doctor}}, {{l|en|rig}}
* {{sense|render infertile}} {{l|en|neuter}}, {{l|en|spay}}, {{l|en|desex}}, {{l|en|castrate}}
* {{sense|settle or remain permanently}} {{l|en|establish}}, {{l|en|settle down}}

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|to hold in place}} {{l|en|move}}, {{l|en|change}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|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====
* {{desc|bor=1|nl|fixen|fiksen}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to mend or repair}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|صَلَّحَ}}, {{t|ar|أَصْلَحَ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|صلح|tr=ṣallaḥ}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|iguar}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|düzəltmək}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|пра́віць|impf}}, {{t|be|папра́віць|pf}}, {{t|be|папраўля́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|рамантава́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|адрамантава́ць|pf}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|попра́вям|impf}}, {{t+|bg|попра́вя|pf}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|arreglar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|修理|tr=xiūlǐ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|opravit|pf}}, {{t+|cs|spravit|pf}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|reparere}}, {{t|da|fikse}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|repareren}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ripari}}
* Estonian: {{t-needed|et}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korjata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|réparer}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|amañar}}, {{t+|gl|arranxar}}, {{t+|gl|reparar}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შეკეთება}}
* German: {{t+|de|reparieren}}, {{t+|de|flicken}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|διορθώνω}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|καταρτίζω}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|תיקן|alt=תִּקֵּן \ תיקן|tr=tikén}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|javít}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|laga}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|deisigh}}, {{t|ga|cuir caoi ar}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|aggiustare}}, {{t+|it|riparare}}, {{t|it|mettere una pezza}}, {{t+|it|sistemare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|修理|tr=しゅうりする, shuri suru|alt=修理する}}, {{t+|ja|治す|tr=なおす, naosu}}, {{t+|ja|直す|tr=なおす, naosu}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ជួសជុល|tr=cuəh cul|sc=Khmr}}, {{t+|km|កែ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|고치다}}, {{t+|ko|수리하다}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຊ່ອມ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|reficiō}}, {{t|la|reconcinnō}}, {{t+|la|restituō}}, {{t|la|sarciō}}
* Latvian: {{t-needed|lv}}
* Lithuanian: {{t-needed|lt}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|поправува|impf}}, {{t|mk|поправи|pf}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tapi}}, {{t|mi|whakapai}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|засах}}, {{t+|mn|сэлбэх}}
* Norwegian:
*: Norwegian Bokmål: {{t+|nb|reparere}}, {{t+|nb|fikse}}, {{t|nb|bøte}}, {{t|nb|vøle}}
*: Norwegian Nynorsk: {{t|nn|bøta}}/{{t|nn|bøte}}, {{t|nn|fiksa}}/{{t|nn|fikse}}, {{t|nn|reparera}}/{{t|nn|reparere}}, {{t|nn|vøla}}/{{t|nn|vøle}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ġebētan}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|تعمیر کردن|tr=ta'mir kardan}}, {{t+|fa|درست کردن|tr=dorost kardan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|naprawiać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|naprawić|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|consertar}}, {{t+|pt|reparar}}, {{t+|pt|arrumar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|чини́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|почини́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|ремонти́ровать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|отремонти́ровать|pf}}, {{t+|ru|исправля́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|испра́вить|pf}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|по̀прављати|impf}}, {{t|sh|по̀правити|pf}}
*: Latin: {{t+|sh|pòpravljati|impf}}, {{t+|sh|pòpraviti|pf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|opraviť|pf}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|popravljati|impf}}, {{t|sl|popraviti|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|arreglar}}, {{t+|es|reparar}}, {{t+|es|componer}}, {{t+|es|apañar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fixa}}, {{t+|sv|åtgärda}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ซ่อม}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|onarmak}}, {{t+|tr|tamir etmek}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ла́годити|impf}}, {{t|uk|пола́годити|pf}}, {{t+|uk|справля́ти|impf}}, {{t+|uk|спра́вити|pf}}, {{t|uk|ремонтува́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|відремонтува́ти|pf}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|sửa chữa}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פֿאַרריכטן}}
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{{trans-top|to attach; to affix; to hold in place}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|закре́пвам|impf}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|fixar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|固定|tr=gùdìng}}, {{t+|cmn|安裝|tr=ānzhuāng}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|fiksi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kiinnittää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|fixer}}
* German: {{t+|de|fixieren}}, {{t+|de|befestigen|alt=befestigen}}, {{t+|de|anhängen}}, {{t+|de|anheften}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|πήγνυμι}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|固定|alt=固定する|tr=kotei suru}}, {{t+|ja|据える|tr=sueru}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|고정하다}}
* Latin: {{t|la|pangō}}, {{t+|la|fīgō}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|ngahu}}, {{t|mi|whakarapa}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|feste}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|mocować|impf}}, {{t+|pl|przymocować|pf}}, {{t+|pl|zamocować|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fixar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|устана́вливать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|установи́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|фикси́ровать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|зафикси́ровать|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|fijar}}, {{t+|es|pregar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fästa}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|фіксува́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|встано́влювати|impf}}, {{t|uk|укрі́плювати|impf}}
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{{trans-top|to prepare}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|приго́твям|impf}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|preparar}}
* Danish: {{t|da|berede}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|valmistaa}}, {{t+|fi|tehdä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|préparer}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|amañar}}, {{t+|gl|preparar}}
* German: {{t+|de|vorbereiten}}, {{t+|de|machen}}, {{t+|de|zubereiten}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|φτιάχνω}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|σκευάζω}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|preparare}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|ordne}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|przygotowywać}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|preparar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|готови́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|приготови́ть|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|preparar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ordna}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เตรียม}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|готува́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|приготува́ти|pf}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|chuẩn bị}}
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{{trans-top|to make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sopia}}
* French: {{t+|fr|truquer}}, {{t+|fr|tricher}}
* German: {{t+|de|manipulieren}}, {{t|de|match-fixing}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|στήνω}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|fikse}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|amañar}}, {{t+|es|apañar}}
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{{trans-top|to make a business of getting paid to arrange immunity for defendants}}
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{{trans-top|to render an animal infertile}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|leikata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|stériliser}}
* German: {{t+|de|sterilisieren}}, {{t+|de|kastrieren}}
* Italian: {{t|it|Sterilizzare|m|f}}, {{t+|it|sterilizzare}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|gjelde}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kastrować}}, {{t+|pl|sterylizować}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|castrar}}, {{t+|pt|capar}} {{qualifier|informally}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стерилизова́ть|impf|pf}}, {{t+|ru|кастри́ровать|impf|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|capar}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|стерилізува́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|каструва́ти|impf}}
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{{trans-top|to map (a point or subset) to itself}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|fiksere}}
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{{trans-top|to render (a photographic impression) permanent}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|фикси́рам|impf|pf}}
* German: {{t+|de|fixieren}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|fissare}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|utrwalać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|utrwalić|pf}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|закрепля́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|закрепи́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|фикси́ровать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|зафикси́ровать|pf}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|закріпля́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|фіксува́ти|impf}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* Catalan: {{t+check|ca|arreglar}}
* Norman: {{t-check|nrf|enchîtrer|alt=s'enchîtrer}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Norwegian Nynorsk: {{t-check|nn|fikse}}, {{t-check|nn|reparere}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[repair]] or [[corrective]] action.
#: {{hypo|en|bugfix|technofix}}
#: {{ux|en|That plumber's '''fix''' is much better than the first one's.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-28|author=w:Joris Luyendijk|volume=189|issue=3|page=21| magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly| title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/joris-luyendijk-banking-blog/2013/jun/19/banking-britain-beyond-control Our banks are out of control]| passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic&nbsp;[&hellip;].&nbsp; Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become.&nbsp;[&hellip;]&nbsp; But the scandals kept coming,&nbsp;[&hellip;]. 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]].
#: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:difficult situation}}
#: {{ux|en|It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a '''fix'''!}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1932|year_published=1965|author=w:Delos W. Lovelace| title=[[w:King Kong (1933 film)| King Kong]]| page=13| passage="How come you're in this '''fix'''?"}}
# {{senseid|en|injection}}{{lb|en|slang}} A [[single]] [[dose]] of a [[narcotic]] [[drug]], especially when injected.
#* {{RQ:William Burroughs Junkie|passage=And Cash told me of cases where two hips take a '''fix''' together and then one pulls out his badge.}}
#* {{RQ:William Burroughs Junkie|passage=Maybe I will find in yage what I was looking for in junk and weed and coke. Yage may be the final '''fix'''.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1992|author=William Alain Jourgensen|artist=Ministry|title=Just One Fix|album=Psalm 69|passage=Just one '''fix'''!}}
## {{lb|en|figurative|by extension}} Something that [[satisfy|satisfies]] a [[yearning]] or a [[craving]].
## {{lb|en|figurative|by extension}} A [[compulsive]] [[desire]] or [[thrill]].
# {{senseid|en|prearrangement}} A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance| page=160| author=w:Howard Saul Becker| year=1963| passage=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.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=01 Dec 81|volume=12|number=20|journal=Gay Community News|page=9|author=Susan Saxe|title=Survival with Agony and Art|text=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]].
#: {{ux|en|We have a '''fix''' on your position.}}
# {{lb|en|aviation}} A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
# {{senseid|en|fettlings}} {{lb|en|US}} [[fettling|Fettling]]s (mixture used to line a furnace)

====Derived terms====
{{col2|en|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|fixless}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|bor=1|fr|fixe|fix}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|an instance of fixing}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|закрепване|n|sc=Cyrl}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|repareren}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korjaus}}, {{t|fi|fiksaus}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* French: {{t+|fr|réparation|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Reparatur|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|javítás}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|riparazione|f}}, {{t+|it|sistemazione|f}}, {{t+|it|soluzione|f}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|reparasjon|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|تعمیر|tr=ta'mir}}, {{t+|fa|بازسازی|tr=bâzsâzi}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|naprawa|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|reparação}}, {{t+|pt|correção}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|закрепле́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|ремо́нт|m}} {{qualifier|repair}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|reparación}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fix}}
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{{trans-top|a difficult situation or dilemma}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|диле́ма|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pulma}}, {{t+|fi|dilemma}}
* German: {{t+|de|Dilemma|n}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|habal|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|situazione|f}}, {{t+|it|dilemma|f}}, {{t+|it|guaio|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|dilemma|n}}, {{t+|no|knipe|c}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|تنگنا|tr=tangnâ}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dylemat|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|диле́мма|f}}, {{t+|ru|затрудне́ние|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|duilgheadas|m}}, {{t|gd|staing|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aprieto|m}}
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{{trans-top|a single dose of an addictive drug}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|доза|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|fix|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[huumausaine]]en [[käyttökerta]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|dose|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schuss|m}} {{gloss|only when injected}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|dose|f}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|skudd|n}}, {{t|no|fix|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|dose|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|до́за|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|dosis|f}}, {{t+|es|chute}}, {{t+|es|tiro}}
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{{trans-top|determination of location}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ortung|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|localización|f}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|pejl|c}}
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===References===
<references />

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{R:Greens|id=5ojl2hi|pos=n|sense=1|gloss=outfit}}
* {{R:Greens|id=2eh7hii|pos=n|sense=2|gloss=deal}}
* {{R:Greens|id=hnnxvlq|pos=n|sense=3|gloss=injection}}
* {{R:Greens|id=biadmhy|pos=v|sense=3|gloss=to inject}}

{{cln|en|contranyms}}

==Bouyei==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|pcc|tai-pro|*wɤjᴬ||fire}}. Cognate with {{cog|aho|𑜇𑜩}},{{cog|th|ไฟ}}, {{cog|nod|ᨼᩱ|tr=fai}}, {{cog|lo|ໄຟ}}, {{cog|khb|ᦺᦝ}}, {{cog|blt|ꪼꪡ}}, {{cog|shn|ၽႆး}} or {{m|shn|ၾႆး}}, {{cog|tdd|ᥜᥭᥰ}}, {{cog|za|feiz}}, {{cog|skb|วี๊}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pcc-pron}}

===Noun===
{{head|pcc|noun}}

# [[fire]]

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ca|la|fixus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|ca|iks|s=1}}

===Adjective===
{{ca-adj}}

# [[fixed]], not changing
# [[stationary]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ca|fixar}}
* {{l|ca|telefonia fixa}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}

==Czech==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|cs|fixa}}

===Etymology===
From {{m|cs|fixační}} {{m|cs|tužka}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|cs|ɪks|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|m-in}}

# [[felt-tip pen]], [[marker]]
#: {{syn|cs|popisovač}}

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|m}}

====Related terms====
{{col|cs|fixovat}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}
* {{R:cs:IJP}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-fix.ogg}}

===Verb===
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|fixen||bare-verb}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|fixe}}
* {{homophones|fr|fixe}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{alternative spelling of|fr|fixe#Etymology_2}}

==German==

===Etymology===
{{etymon|de|inh|gmh>fix>quick|influence|fr>fixe>fixed|id=fixed|text=1|tree=1}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|[fɪks]}}
* {{audio|de|De-fix.ogg}}
* {{homophones|de|Ficks}}
* {{rhymes|de|ɪks}}

===Adjective===
{{de-adj|comp}}

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

====Declension====
{{de-adecl|comp}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|hu|fix|bor=1}}
* {{desc|sv|fix|bor=1}}
** {{desc|fi|fiksu|bor=1}}

===See also===
* {{l|de|fix und fertig}}

==Hungarian==

===Etymology===
From {{der|hu|de|fix}}, from {{der|hu|fr|fixe}}, from {{der|hu|la|figere}}, {{m|la|fixus}}.<ref>{{R:TotfalusiEty 2005}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|hu|iks|s=1}}

===Adjective===
{{hu-adj|-}}

# [[fixed]], [[steady]]
#: {{syn|hu|rögzített|megszabott}}
#: {{uxi|hu|'''fix''' fizetés|'''steady''' salary}}
# [[immovable]]
#: {{syn|hu|szilárd}}
# {{lb|hu|informal}} [[sure]], [[certain]]
#: {{syn|hu|biztos|bizonyos|tuti}}
#: {{uxi|hu|Az '''fix'''!|You bet!}}

====Declension====
{{hu-infl-nom|fixe|e|esm_sg=1}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|hu|title=Compound words
|fixpont
}}
{{col4|hu|title=Expressions
|fix objektív
}}

===Noun===
{{hu-noun}}

# a [[steady]] [[salary]]
#: {{uxi|hu|Havi százezer forint '''fixe''' van.|He has a monthly '''salary''' of 100,000 Ft.}}

====Declension====
{{hu-infl-nom|fixe|e|esm_sg=1}}{{hu-pos-etek|fix||ei}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:ErtSz}}

==Hunsrik==

===Etymology 1===
{{etymon|hrx|inh|gmh>fix>quick|id=quick|text=1|tree=1}}

====Pronunciation====
{{hrx-pr}}

====Adjective====
{{hrx-adj|fix}}

# [[quick]]; [[fast]]

=====Declension=====
{{hrx-decl-adj|fix}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|hrx|Fixfeier}}

====Adverb====
{{hrx-adv}}

# [[quickly]]

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{hrx-noun|m|pl=fix}}

# {{alt spelling of|hrx|Fisch|from=Wieseman}}

===References===
* {{R:hrx:Boll|55|2}}

==Middle High German==

===Etymology===
{{etymon|gmh|bor|fro>fix>fixed|id=quick|text=++}}

===Adjective===
{{gmh-adj}}

# [[quick]]

====Declension====
{{gmh-adecl|fix}}

===Adverb===
{{gmh-adv}}

# [[quickly]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|gmw-cfr}}
** {{desc|hrx|fix}}
* {{desctree|de|fix}}

===References===
* {{R:gmh:Kobler|fix}}

==Old English==

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|m}}

# {{alternative form of|ang|fisċ}}

==Old French==

===Etymology 1===
{{etymon|fro|lbor|la>fixus>unwavering|id=fixed|text=++}}

====Adjective====
{{fro-adj}}

# [[fixed]] {{gl|not able to move}}
# {{lb|fro|alchemy}} [[nonvolatile]]

=====Declension=====
{{fro-decl-adj}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desctree|frm|fixe}}
* {{desc|nrf|fixe}}
* {{desctree|gmh|fix|bor=1}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|fro|fils|fis|fiz}}

====Noun====
{{head|fro|noun form|g=m}}

# {{inflection of|fro|fil||obl|p|;|nom|s}}

===References===
* {{R:fro:DEAF}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|fixe}}, from {{der|ro|la|fixus}}.

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj}}

# [[fixed]]

====Declension====
{{ro-decl-adj}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
* {{homophones|sv|ficks}}

===Adjective===
{{head|sv|adjective}}

# [[fixed]], [[inflexible]], [[rigid]]
#: ''en '''fix''' idé''
#:: a fixed idea

====Declension====
{{sv-adj-abs}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sv|fix idé}}
* {{l|sv|fixstjärna}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# a {{l|en|fix}}, a dose of an addictive [[drug]]

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}