maxime

== French == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mak.sim/ === Noun === maxime f (plural maximes) 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 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) chiefly, mainly, mostly (with adjectives) especially, particularly, very much Synonyms: apprīmē, in prīmīs, nimium most certainly very much ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “very little”): minimē ===== Descendants ===== → Italian: massime Portuguese: máxime Spanish: máxime English: maximum === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== maxime 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.