X

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The Universal Character Set

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X
Basic Latin	U+0058

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Letter 1.1.1.1 See also 1.1.2 Cardinal number 1.1.3 Symbol 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Symbol 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.3 See also 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 1 2.2.1 Cardinal number 2.2.1.1 Translations 2.3 Etymology 2 2.3.1 Noun 2.4 Etymology 3 2.4.1 Noun 2.5 Etymology 4 2.5.1 Adjective 2.5.1.1 Translations 2.6 Derived terms 3 American Sign Language 3.1 Letter 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Letter 4.3 See also 5 Italian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 6 Romanian 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Letter 7 Spanish 7.1 Letter

[edit] Translingual

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Letter

X upper case (lower case x)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

[edit] See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter X):  Ẍẍ  Ẋẋ  ᶍ  Ｘｘ

[edit] Cardinal number

X

1. (Roman numerals) The number 10.

[edit] Symbol

X

1. A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.

[edit] Etymology 2

Possibly from skull and crossbones

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X

1. A hazard indicator, sometimes incorporated into standard labelling and signage systems

[edit] Derived terms

• XXX

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Other representations of X:

NATO phonetic: X-ray Morse code: –··– Braille: ⠭ ASL Manual: X

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

Letter styles

Capital and lowercase versions of X, in normal and italic type

Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛks/, SAMPA: /Eks/
• Rhymes: -ɛks

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Cardinal number

X

1. An unknown quantity or unknown value.

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[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

X

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, preceded by W and followed by Y, and representing /ks/, /gz/, or (at the beginning of words) /z/.
2. Any mark that looks like that letter, such as such a mark made by a person who cannot read or write.
3. (lacrosse) The spot behind the goal.

[edit] Etymology 3

Presumably by abbreviation of the pronunciation of ecstasy.

[edit] Noun

X (uncountable)

1. (slang) Ecstasy, a particular street drug.

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[edit] Adjective

X (not comparable)

1. (Former British film certificate) Suitable only for those aged 16 or (later) 18 years and over.
2. (movie rating) Obscene.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• X marks the spot
• XXX
• XXXX

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[edit] American Sign Language

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(Stokoe X)

1. The letter X

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ɪks/

[edit] Letter

X (capital, lowercase x)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: W
• Next letter: Y

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /iks/, SAMPA: /iks/

[edit] Noun

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X m. and f. inv.

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /iks/

[edit] Letter

X (capital, lowercase x)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the double-consonant sounds /gz/ and /ks/. Preceded by V and followed by Z.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Letter

X (upper case, lower case x)

1. The 27th letter of the Spanish alphabet.