"firmness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɝmnəs/ [General-American], /ˈfɜːmnəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-firmness.ogg [US] Forms: firmnesses [plural]
Etymology: firm + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|firm|ness}} firm + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} firmness (countable and uncountable, plural firmnesses)
  1. The state of being firm
    security; steadfastness; good grip
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-firmness-en-noun-PSffcZV1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 33 33 33
  2. The state of being firm
    strictness; mental strength
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-firmness-en-noun-28irV5A0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 33 33 33
  3. The state of being firm
    physical durability; rigidness (of material)
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-firmness-en-noun-479b~j4o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (state of being firm): στερέωμα (steréōma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), firmeza [feminine] (Asturian), fermesa [feminine] (Catalan), lujuus (Finnish), fermeté [feminine] (French), firmeza [feminine] (Galician), rixo [masculine] (Galician), Stärke [feminine] (German), Festigkeit [feminine] (German), diongbháilteacht [feminine] (Irish), seasmhacht [feminine] (Irish), fostacht [feminine] (Irish), fermezza [feminine] (Italian), firmitās [feminine] (Latin), cietība [feminine] (Latvian), stingrums [masculine] (Latvian), stingrība [feminine] (Latvian), fæstnes [feminine] (Old English), firmeza [feminine] (Portuguese), твёрдость (tvjórdostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), про́чность (próčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), реши́мость (rešímostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), धृति (dhṛti) [feminine] (Sanskrit), firmeza [feminine] (Spanish), அருப்பம் (aruppam) (Tamil)
Disambiguation of 'state of being firm': 33 33 33

Inflected forms

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