noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/
Canada, General-American:/ˈfɪks.t͡ʃɚ/
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Australian:/ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/
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CMU ARPABET:F IH1 K S CH ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
The residence was sold with fixtures and fittings.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A lighting unit; a luminaire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A scheduled match.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fastness, fixedness, fixity, secureness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: immovability, immovableness
Narrower terms: lodgment, lodgement, lodging
12
noun
Meaning 12
a regular patron
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an habitue of the racetrack
a bum who is a Central Park fixture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: regular, habitue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: patron, frequenter
History
Etymology
Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
инсталация
(instalacija)
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Catalan:
instal·lació
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Galician:
amaño
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Galician:
apaño
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Galician:
arranxo
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
German:
Installation
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
German:
Zubehörteil
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
German:
festes Inventar
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
German:
feste Einrichtung
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Indonesian:
instalasi
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Malay:
lekapan
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Māori:
tautara
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Spanish:
instalación
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Spanish:
fixtura
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Swedish:
hållare
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Swedish:
inventarie
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Swedish:
ställning
— (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
Catalan:
client habitual
— A regular patron of a place or institution
French:
habitué
— A regular patron of a place or institution
German:
Stammkunde
— A regular patron of a place or institution
German:
Institution
— A regular patron of a place or institution
Portuguese:
presença habitual
— A regular patron of a place or institution
Spanish:
habitual
— A regular patron of a place or institution
Catalan:
aplic
— A lighting unit; a luminaire
French:
luminaire
— A lighting unit; a luminaire
German:
Fassung
— A lighting unit; a luminaire
Russian:
свети́льник
(svetílʹnik)
— A lighting unit; a luminaire
Swedish:
armatur
— A lighting unit; a luminaire
Catalan:
partit programat
— (sports) A scheduled match
French:
rencontre
— (sports) A scheduled match
German:
angesetztes Spiel
— (sports) A scheduled match
Spanish:
fixture (fíkschur)
— (sports) A scheduled match
Spanish:
encuentro
— (sports) A scheduled match
Welsh:
gêm
— (sports) A scheduled match
Catalan:
condicionament
— (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests
French:
fixture
— (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests
Bulgarian:
арматура
(armatura)
— work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry
Catalan:
suport
— work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry
German:
Halterung
— work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry
Russian:
приспособле́ние
(prisposoblénije)
— work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry
Spanish:
soporte
— work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry
Swedish:
hållare
— work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry
Swedish:
ställning
— work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry
