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axe
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx, from Proto-West Germanic *akusi, from Proto-Germanic *akwis?, probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h?eg?sih? (“axe”), from *h?e?- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare German Axt, Danish økse, Icelandic öxi, and also Latin ascia.
Alternative forms
- ax (largely US)
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?ks, IPA(key): /æks/
- Rhymes: -æks
Noun
axe (plural axes)
- A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
- An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
- (informal) A dismissal or rejection.
- Synonyms: chop, pink slip, sack, boot
- (slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
- (finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
Usage notes
- In the United States, some spell the weapon axe and the tool ax to distinguish them, though most people use the same spelling for both senses.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- adze
- hatchet
- twibill
Verb
axe (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)
- (transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
- (transitive, figuratively) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
- Synonyms: downsize, fire, lay off; see also Thesaurus:lay off
Translations
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- ax (American)
Noun
axe (plural axes)
- (archaic) The axle of a wheel.
Verb
axe (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)
- To furnish with an axle.
Etymology 3
Old English axian (“ask”); see ax for more.
Verb
axe (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)
- (now obsolete outside dialects, especially African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask
Further reading
- axe (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- exa-
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin axis. Compare the inherited doublet ais.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aks/
Noun
axe m (plural axes)
- axis
- axle
Derived terms
Further reading
- “axe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Cognate with Spanish aje.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?a??]
Noun
axe m (plural axes)
- ache
- affront
- Synonym: afronta
References
- “axe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “axe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “axe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Interlingua
Noun
axe (plural axes)
- An axis, a straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns.
- An axle, a bar connecting parallel wheels of a kart, wagon, etc.
Latin
Noun
axe
- ablative singular of axis
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English æx.
Noun
axe
- Alternative form of ax
Etymology 2
From Old English ?sce, from Proto-Germanic *aiskij?.
Alternative forms
- as
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aks/
Noun
axe
- (rare) An ask or demand.
Descendants
- English: ask (if not formed from the verb)
References
- “axe, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.
Etymology 3
From Old English æsce.
Noun
axe
- Alternative form of asshe (“burnt matter”)
Etymology 4
From Old English ?scian.
Verb
axe
- Alternative form of axen (“to ask”)
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ade
English
Etymology
Back-formation from lemonade, orangeade, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?d/
- Homophones: aid, aide
Noun
ade (plural ades)
- A drink made from a fruit, especially a fizzy one.
- 1905, American Bottler, volume 25, page 74:
- If the judgment of the above-mentioned office be correct, in truth, no drink may here be offered to the public as lemonade unless it is made out of fresh fruit! And so with raspberryade and all the other "ades."
- 1905, American Bottler, volume 25, page 74:
Translations
Anagrams
- 'ead, AED, DAE, DEA, EDA, Eda
Ewe
Numeral
ade
- six
Garo
Etymology
Clipping of ma·de
Noun
ade
- younger maternal aunt
Synonyms
- ma·degipa (formal)
- ma·detang (formal)
- ma·de
German
Etymology
From Middle High German ad?, from Old French adieu. Doublet of tschö.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?de?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Interjection
ade
- (archaic, poetic or regional) farewell, adieu
Guanche
Noun
ade
- water
References
- Juan Álvarez Delgado, Miscelánea guanche : I. Benahoare : ensayos de lingüística canaria, 1942
Lindu
Noun
ade
- (anatomy) chin
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???d?/
Noun
ade f
- weed
- island
Wiwa
Noun
ade
- father
- ranže ade terga
- my father is in the field
- ranže ade terga
References
- The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)
Wolio
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qazay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?e/
Noun
ade
- chin
References
- Anceaux, Johannes C. 1987. Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia). Dordrecht: Foris.
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