How to Say "Maxim" in French - How To Say Guide

maxime

/mak.sim/feminine

The English word 'maxim' is translated into French as maxime.

maxime refers to a moral precept.

Meaning: moral precept (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

maxime is pronounced /mak.sim/ and consists of two syllables.

The word maxime shares its root with the Latin maximus, meaning 'greatest', suggesting that a maxim is intended to be a 'greatest' or most important rule of conduct.
The most famous French use of maxime is associated with the 17th-century writer La Rochefoucauld, whose Maximes pioneered the art of the short, cynical observation about human nature.
A French writer might use maxime to describe a person's guiding principle, but they would use dicton for a common proverb or folk saying.

Agis selon la maxime qui peut en même temps se transformer en loi universelle.
Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
Tatoeba #417093 by jerom, translation #417104 by jerom
Quelque parfaits que fussent ces exercices, jamais il ne lui échappait un mot d’éloge : c’était une de ses maximes, que la louange est incompatible avec la dignité du maître, et que le blâme, à tort ou à raison, est indispensable.
However faultlessly these tasks were achieved, she never commended: it was a maxim with her that praise is inconsistent with a teacher's dignity, and that blame, in more or less unqualified measure, is indispensable to it.
Tatoeba #8111117 by Objectivesea, translation #8110128 by Dejo
Sa maxime de vie est la patience.
His life maxim is patience.

Nathan and Emma are discussing a book they read.

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