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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæks/
• Homophones: sacks, Sacks
• Rhymes: -æks

Etymology 1

From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-Germanic *sahs? (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with North Frisian sax (“knife, sword”), Middle Dutch sas (“knife”), Middle Low German sax (“knife”), Middle High German sahs (“a knife”), Danish saks (“a pair of scissors”), Swedish sax (“a pair of scissors”), Icelandic sax (“a short heavy sword”), Latin sec? (“cut”). See also Saxon, saw.

Noun

sax (plural saxes)

1. A slate-cutter's hammer; slate-ax.
2. (obsolete) A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length.

Related terms

Verb

sax (third-person singular simple present saxes, present participle saxing, simple past and past participle saxed)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify.

Etymology 2

Clipping of saxophone. Distantly related to etymology 1 above, because the “Sax” surname is a cognate.

Noun

sax (plural saxes)

1. Clipping of saxophone.

Anagrams

• ASX, XAS

Aleut

Noun

sax

1. bird skin coat

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?ks/
• Hyphenation: sax
• Rhymes: -?ks
• Homophone: Sax

Etymology 1

Borrowed, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sahs? (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). The word also existed in the sixteenth century, but became obsolete and was borrowed again.

Noun

sax c (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)

1. sax, short sword, dagger

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sax or less probably a native formation from saxofoon.

Noun

sax m (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)

1. (informal) sax, saxophone

   Synonym: saxofoon

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sexe, sex, sæx, seax

Etymology

From Old English seax, from Proto-Germanic *sahs?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saks/
• Rhymes: -aks

Noun

sax (plural saxes or saxen)

1. A knife (tool)
2. A knife (weapon)

Descendants

• English: sax, zax

References

• “sax, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

sax

1. alive
2. healthy
3. whole

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sahs? (“dagger, knife”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Noun

sax n (genitive sax, plural s?x)

1. a oneedged sword, a backsword
2. (plural only) shears

Declension

Related terms

• saxar m pl (“Saxons”)

Derived terms

• saxa (“to cut with a 'sax'”)
• saxknífr m (“dagger, dirk”)
• saxoddr m (“the point of a 'sax”)

Descendants

References

sax in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English sex, byform of six.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saks/

Numeral

sax

1. six

Related terms

• saxt (“sixth”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse s?x (plural of sax), from Proto-Germanic *sahs?, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.

Pronunciation

Noun

sax c

1. a pair of scissors; shears
2. short of saxofon
3. a trap for animals

Declension

Related terms

• altsax
• björnsax
• bultsax
• fårsax
• häcksax
• kökssax
• ljussax
• nagelsax
• plåtsax
• rävsax
• saxa
• saxfiske
• saxning
• saxnäbb
• saxsektion
• saxskänkel
• saxskär
• saxsprint
• sysax
• tenorsax
• trädgårdssax
• ullsax

References

• sax in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Alternative forms

• vaxx

Pronunciation

Etymology

From the phonetic spelling of the clipping of vaccine, vaccination or vaccinate.

Noun

vax (countable and uncountable, plural vaxxes)

1. (slang) Clipping of vaccine.
2. (slang) Clipping of vaccination.

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

vax (third-person singular simple present vaxxes, present participle vaxxing, simple past and past participle vaxxed)

1. (slang) To vaccinate.

See also

Anagrams

• Xav

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahs?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaxs/
• IPA^(key): /vaks/

Noun

vax n (genitive singular vax, no plural)

1. wax

Declension

Derived terms

• bývax

Middle English

Noun

vax

1. Alternative form of wax (“wax”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahs?.

Noun

vax n

1. wax

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?a??/
• Tone numbers: va⁴
• Hyphenation: vax

Etymology 1

From Chinese ? (MC ??ua^X).

Noun

vax (Sawndip forms ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography va?)

1. tile

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

vax (Sawndip forms ? or ????, old orthography va?)

1. to grab; to snatch

   Synonyms: (dialectal) gvax, (dialectal) gyaek, (dialectal) vamz

2. to dredge; to scoop; to haul (out of water)