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pax
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?ks, IPA(key): /pæks/
- Homophone: packs
Etymology 1
From Middle English pax, from Latin pax (“peace”). See peace. As school slang, originally used at Winchester College, Hampshire in the United Kingdom.
Noun
pax
- (Christianity) A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
- (Britain, dated, school slang) Friendship; truce.
- (Christianity) The kiss of peace.
- (Christianity) A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary.
Interjection
pax
- (Britain, dated, school slang) A cry for peace or truce in children's games.
Translations
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of passenger. X is an abbreviation marker as in DX, TX and canx.
Noun
pax (plural pax)
- (informal, usually in the plural) A passenger; passengers.
- (informal, usually in the plural, by extension, hospitality industry) A guest (at an event or function).
Translations
Anagrams
- AXP, XAP
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *p?ks, Proto-Indo-European *péh??-s (“peace”), from the root *peh??- (“to join, to attach”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa?ks/, [pä?ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paks/, [p?ks]
Noun
p?x f (genitive p?cis); third declension
- peace
- (poetic) rest, quiet, ease
- (transferred sense) grace (esp. from the gods)
- (transferred sense) leave, good leave (permission)
- (ecclesiastical) peace, harmony
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Related terms
- pac?
- pac?scor
- compec?scor
- compectum
- p?c?
Descendants
Interjection
p?x
- enough talking! silence! hush! peace!
- Synonyms: p?x sit r?bus, tac?, tac? t?, fac tace?s, d?sine, st, linguae temper?!
References
- pax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- pax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- pax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pax in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle English
Alternative forms
- pakes, paxe, paxse
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin p?x.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paks/
Noun
pax
- pax (tablet with carved religious image)
- Synonym: paxbrede
- (rare) kiss of peace
Related terms
- paxbrede
Descendants
- English: pax
References
- “pax, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish
Etymology
Since 1880 from Latin p?x (“peace”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paks/
- Homophone: packs
Interjection
pax
- (children’s language) dibs (to claim a stake to something); used as a noun with the verbs få “get, receive” and ha “have”, or as a verb; att paxa.
- Pax för soffan! - “I have (first) dibs on the sofa!”
- Jag fick pax på framsätet! - “I got dibs on shotgun!”
- Jag har paxat fåtöljen - I "have dibbed" the armchair
Synonyms
- tjing
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pac
Highland Popoluca
Etymology 1
From Proto-Zoque *pahk, from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *pahk.
Noun
pac
- bone
Derived terms
- cobacpac
- paga?jo?m
Etymology 2
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
pac
- seed
Derived terms
- pag??y
References
- Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)?[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., ?ISBN, page 93
Middle English
Noun
pac
- Alternative form of pak
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pat?s/
Etymology 1
Cognate with Ukrainian ????? (pacjuk).
Noun
pac m anim
- (dialectal) A large rat (rodent).
Declension
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic
Interjection
pac
- (Cieszyn Silesia) plunk, thud, flump (sound)
- Synonym: b?c
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
pac f
- genitive plural of paca
Further reading
- pac in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- pac in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Welsh
Etymology
Middle English packe
Noun
pac m (plural paciau or pacau)
- a pack, a bundle, a deck (of cards)
- a pack (of animals), a gang
- a pack (in rugby)
Derived terms
- pecyn
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “pac”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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