fixing
English
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪksɪŋ/
Audio (Australia): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪksɪŋ
Noun
fixing (plural fixings)
- The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
- (UK, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc.)
- See fixings.
Derived terms
Verb
fixing
- present participle and gerund of fix
- (Southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.
- It's fixing to rain.
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French fixing, and this a pseudo-anglicism, derived from English fixing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiɡsin/ [ˈfiɣ̞.sĩn]
- Rhymes: -iɡsin
- Syllabification: fi‧xing
Noun
fixing m (plural fixings)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “fixing”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
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