sax
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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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 *sahsą (“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 secō (“cut”). See also Saxon, saw.
Noun
sax (plural saxes)
Related terms
Verb
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Etymology 2
Clipping of saxophone. Distantly related to etymology 1 above, because the “Sax” surname is a cognate.
Noun
sax (plural saxes)
- Clipping of saxophone.
Anagrams
Aleut
Noun
sax
- bird skin coat
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“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)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English sax or less probably a native formation from saxofoon.
Noun
sax m (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)
Kurdish
Adjective
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English seax, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą.
Pronunciation
Noun
Descendants
References
- “sax (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.
Old Norse
Etymology
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From Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Noun
sax n (genitive sax, plural sǫx)
- a oneedged sword, a backsword
- (plural only) shears
Declension
Related terms
- saxar m pl (“Saxons”)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Icelandic: sax n
- Faroese: saksur m
- Norwegian Nynorsk: saks f
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- Swedish: sax c
- Danish: saks c
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, from Old English siex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
Pronunciation
Numeral
6 | Previous: | five |
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Next: | seiven |
sax
Related terms
- saxt (“sixth”)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse sǫx (plural of sax), from Proto-Germanic *sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.
Pronunciation
audio: (file)
Noun
sax c
Declension
Declension of sax | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sax | saxen | saxar | saxarna |
Genitive | sax | saxens | saxars | saxarnas |
Related terms
- altsax
- björnsax
- bultsax
- fårsax
- häcksax
- kökssax
- ljussax
- nagelsax
- plåtsax
- rävsax
- saxa
- saxfiske
- saxning
- saxnäbb
- saxsektion
- saxskänkel
- saxskär
- saxsprint
- sysax
- tenorsax
- trädgårdssax
- ullsax
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- en:Musical instruments
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- ale:Clothing
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- Rhymes:Middle English/aks
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- enm:Tools
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- non:Weapons
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