tux

See also: Tux

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌks
• enPR: tŭks, IPA^(key): /tʌks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

tux (plural tuxes)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of tuxedo.
   • 2013 September 13, Russell Brand, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     After a load of photos and what-not, we descend the world's longest escalator, which are called that even as they de-escalate, and in we go to the main forum, a high ceilinged hall, full of circular cloth-draped, numbered tables, a stage at the front, the letters GQ, 12-foot high in neon at the back; this aside, though, neon forever the moniker of trash, this is a posh do, in an opera house full of folk in tuxes.

Middle English

Noun

tux

1. Alternative form of tusk

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːks/

Noun

tūx m

1. Alternative form of tūsc

Declension

Declension of tux (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tūx	tūxas
accusative	tūx	tūxas
genitive	tūxes	tūxa
dative	tūxe	tūxum

Derived terms

• tūxl

Q'eqchi

Noun

tux

1. sprout
2. mange

Further reading

• Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [2]