different between connexion vs connect

English

Alternative forms

• connex. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle English connexioun, from Latin connexi? (“a conclusion, binding together”), from connect?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??n?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n
• Hyphenation: con?nex?ion

Noun

connexion (countable and uncountable, plural connexions)

1. (chiefly Britain) Dated spelling of connection.
   • 1848, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography:

     I saw he was going to marry her, for family, perhaps political reasons; because her rank and connexions suited him; […]

   • 1926, H. P. Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu”:

     Persuading the widow that my connexion with her husband's 'technical matters' was sufficient to entitle me to his manuscript, I bore the document away and […]

   • 1978, M. I. Finley, “The fifth-century Athenian empire: A balance sheet”, in Peter D. A. Garnsey and C. R. Whittaker (editors), Imperialism in the Ancient World: The Cambridge University Research Seminar in Ancient History, Cambridge University Press (reprinted 2006), ?ISBN, page 125,

     In this connexion, it is worth remembering that we are never told how the tribute was collected within the tributary state.

   • 1984 November 20, “Rugby Union: The Jaguars Make A Move To End Their Isolation Argentina turns to FIRA and the French connexion is set to benefit”, in The Times, page 21.
2. (religion) (a) The description for a Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences (US spelling: connection). (b) (Historical) The inter-relationship of prayer groups or religious societies under the oversight of an itinerant preacher who is assisted by the local preachers attached to each society.

Usage notes

• This spelling has been rarely encountered in the United States since the 19th century. In the United Kingdom the spelling remained in common use until the mid-twentieth century, since which its use has declined. It is still a notable and accepted alternative spelling since it is retained by the British Methodist Church and some other organisations, and it is listed as a British alternative by the Oxford Dictionary.

Translations

Further reading

• Google Ngram View for connexion and connection

Anagrams

• nonexonic

French

Etymology

From Latin c?nexi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.n?k.sj??/

Noun

connexion f (plural connexions)

1. connection
2. login

Related terms

Further reading

• “connexion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Noun

connexion f (oblique plural connexions, nominative singular connexion, nominative plural connexions)

1. connection (state of being connected)

English

Etymology

From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) +? nectere (“bind”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??n?kt/
• Hyphenation: con?nect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

connect (third-person singular simple present connects, present participle connecting, simple past and past participle connected)

1. (intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

   Synonyms: affix, join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join

2. (intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.

3. (transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.

4. (transitive, of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.

5. To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.

6. To associate; to establish a relation between.

7. To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.

Antonyms

• disconnect

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Catalan: conectar
• ? Galician: conectar
• ? Portuguese: conectar
• ? Spanish: conectar

Translations

Anagrams

• concent