Maxim

See also: maxim and màxim

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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  • (machine guns): After the inventor Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916).

Proper noun

Maxim (plural Maxims)

  1. A surname

Noun

Maxim (plural Maxims)

  1. (firearms) The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.
    Synonyms: Maxim gun, Vickers gun
    • 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 104:
      Again we went on, and climbed the false immensity of another ridge, when several rifles and a maxim opened upon us, and very close they were.
  2. (firearms) Any machine gun that derives from the design pattern of Maxim's patented design
  3. (firearms, informal, obsolete) A machine gun

See also

Czech

Etymology

From the Latin saint's name Maximus, cognate to French Maxime and Russian Макси́м (Maksím).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmaksɪm]

Proper noun

Maxim m anim

  1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Maximus

Declension
Declension of Maxim (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Maxim Maximové
genitive Maxima Maximů
dative Maximovi, Maximu Maximům
accusative Maxima Maximy
vocative Maxime Maximové
locative Maximovi, Maximu Maximech
instrumental Maximem Maximy
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