ex

See also -ex, ex-, and ex.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛks/

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• Rhymes: -ɛks

Noun

ex (plural exes)

1. The name of the Latin script letter X/x.
2. (colloquial) An ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names) [edit]}

Derived terms

• exray
• ex-ray

Translations

name of the letter X, x

Arabic: إكس (ar) ('iks, 'eks) m. Chinese: Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists) French: iks (fr) m. German: Ix (de) n., Iks (de) n. Hindi: एक्स (hi) (eks) Icelandic: ex (is) n.

Japanese: エクス (ja) (ekusu) Korean: 엑스 (ko) (ekseu) Polish: iks (pl) n. Portuguese: xis (pt) m. Russian: экс (ru) (eks) m. (English), икс (ru) (iks) m. Spanish: equis (es) f. Vietnamese: ích (vi), xờ (vi), xờ nhẹ (vi)

informal: An ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner

Croatian: bivši (hr), bivša (hr) Finnish: eksä (fi) French: ex (fr) Icelandic: fyrrverandi (is) (adjective) Indonesian: mantan (id) Italian: ex (it) m.

Norwegian: eks (no) m. Polish: eks (pl) m. and f., były m., była f. Romanian: fostul m. Russian: экс (ru) (eks) m. Spanish: ex (es)

Verb

ex (third-person singular simple present exes, present participle exing, simple past and past participle exed)

1. To delete; to cross out

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: easily · condition · sleep · #687: ex · mere · agreement · ship

Anagrams

• xe

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛks/
• IPA: /ɛxs/

Noun

ex n.

1. The name of the Latin script letter X/x.

Declension

declension of ex

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ex	exið	ex	exin
accusative	ex	exið	ex	exin
dative	exi	exinu	exum	exunum
genitive	ex	exins	exa	exanna

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Italian

Noun

ex m. and f. inv.

1. ex (ex-boyfriend, girlfriend)

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Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /eks/, X-SAMPA: /eks/

Noun

ex (indeclinable)

1. A name of the letter X.

Usage notes

• Multiple Latin names for the letter X, x have been suggested. The most common are ix or īx, ex, or a syllabic x, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, xē and xə.

Synonyms

• (name of the letter X): ix, īx

Coordinate terms

• (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)

References

• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), esp. pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *eḱs (“out of”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐξ (eks) or ἐκ (ek), Old Irish ess-, Lithuanian ìš and Old Church Slavonic из (iz).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /eːks/

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Preposition

ēx (+ ablative)

1. out of, from

Usage notes

• Sometimes shortened as ē. In cases where the proceeding ablative noun begins with a vowel or h, only ex can be used. Besides that, there are no rules for when ē or ex can be used.

Related terms

• ē
• e-
• ex libris

Descendants

• Portuguese: eis

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Spanish

Noun

ex m. and f. (plural ex)

1. ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner.
2. Former; referring to a condition that has ended.

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Swedish

Noun

ex n.

1. (colloquial) ex; ex-partner

Declension

Declension of ex

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ex	exet	ex	exen
genitive	ex	exets	ex	exens