firma

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) signature (a person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract)
2. (feminine) signature (an act of signing one's name)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of firmare:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of firmare:

Concepts

signature

signing

name

autograph

conclusion

firm

John Hancock

John Henry

baseline

company

concluding

Synonyms

ditta

nome

società

autografo

conclusione

segnatura

Translations

signature

Unterschrift

firma

assinatura

υπογραφή

signatura

imza

handtekening

firma

توقيع

إمضاء

griffe

ondertekening

krabbel

Hyphenated as

fìr‧ma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfir.ma/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *dʰermos
Proto-Italic *θermos
Proto-Italic *fermos
Latin firmus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -o
Latin firmoder.
Italian firmarebf.
Italian firma
Back-formation from firmare, from Latin firmāre, from firmus; cognates include English firm (adjective). Doublet of dharma.