Dictionary

fixture en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/ (Australia)
• audio Queensland
• /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.

Meanings

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.
   • The residence was sold with fixtures and fittings.
2. A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
   • […] the guest list, which hovers around 200, may include Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Oprah (a fixture at any self-respecting million-dollar wedding), Donald Trump Jr and the country singer Jewel. 2025 June 21, Jo Ellison, “The Bezos merger we all want a piece of”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:
   • I had to tell her all about my illness, and in return I had to endure a very long and circumstantial account of her rheumatism and her asthmatical ailments, which fortunately was interrupted by the noisy arrival of the children from the kitchen, where they had paid a visit to old Stine, a fixture in the house. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 4:
   • Jones and Palin became fixtures on the booming TV satire scene, writing for, among other BBC shows, The Frost Report (1966-67) and The Kathy Kirby Show (1964), as well as the ITV comedy sketch series Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967-69). 2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian:
3. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
4. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A scheduled match.
6. A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.

Forms

Deriveds

light fixture · fixtureless

Translations (40)

fr luminaire (A lighting unit; a luminaire) · es encuentro ((sports) A scheduled match) · sv ställning (work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry) · sv 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) · ru свети́льник (A lighting unit; a luminaire) · ca 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) · de angesetztes Spiel ((sports) A scheduled match) · sv 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) · ca suport (work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry) · bg инсталация ((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) · ms 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) · ru приспособле́ние (work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry) · ca condicionament ((computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests) · mi 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) · es fixture ((sports) A scheduled match) · de 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) · es 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) · pt presença habitual (A regular patron of a place or institution) · fr habitué (A regular patron of a place or institution) · fr rencontre ((sports) A scheduled match) · de 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) · de Fassung (A lighting unit; a luminaire) · de 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) · de 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) · de Halterung (work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry) · ca partit programat ((sports) A scheduled match) · id 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) · de Stammkunde (A regular patron of a place or institution) · ca client habitual (A regular patron of a place or institution) · gl 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) · bg арматура (work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry) · gl 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) · ca aplic (A lighting unit; a luminaire) · sv 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) · sv hållare (work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry) · de Institution (A regular patron of a place or institution) · cy gêm ((sports) A scheduled match) · gl 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) · fr fixture ((computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests) · sv armatur (A lighting unit; a luminaire)

fixture en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/ (Australia)
• audio Queensland
• /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
   • The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
2. (Australia, New-Zealand, transitive) To schedule (a match).
   • Other items to be discussed include fixturing from 2012 onwards, preparations for this year's scheduled Champions Trophy and the Indian Cricket League's bid for recognition from the ICC. 2009 January 30, AAP, “Zimbabwe cricket head Chingoka refused entry to Australia”, in Herald Sun:

Forms