ex
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
ex (plural exes)
- The name of the Latin script letter X/x.
- (colloquial) An ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner.
See also [edit]
- (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)
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
name of the letter X, x
informal: An ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner
Verb [edit]
ex (third-person singular simple present exes, present participle exing, simple past and past participle exed)
Statistics [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Icelandic [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
ex n
- The name of the Latin script letter X/x.
Declension [edit]
declension of ex
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
ex m and f (invariable)
- ex (ex-boyfriend, girlfriend)
Latin [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
ex (indeclinable)
- A name of the letter X.
Usage notes [edit]
- 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 such names for the letter as xē and xə.
Synonyms [edit]
- (name of the letter X): ix, īx
Coordinate terms [edit]
- (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 [edit]
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *eḱs (“out of”), *eǵʰs, *h₁eǵʰs. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐξ (eks) or ἐκ (ek), Old Irish ess-, a, ass (Irish as), Lithuanian ìš and Old Church Slavonic из (iz).
Pronunciation [edit]
Preposition [edit]
ēx (+ ablative)
Usage notes [edit]
- Sometimes shortened as ē. In cases where the proceeding ablative noun begins with a vowel or h, only ēx can be used. Besides that, there are no rules for when ē or ēx can be used.
Related terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Noun [edit]
ex m and f (plural ex)
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
ex n
- (colloquial) ex; ex-partner
Declension [edit]
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- English nouns
- en:Latin letter names
- English colloquialisms
- English verbs
- English two-letter words
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic nouns
- is:Latin letter names
- Italian nouns
- Latin nouns
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin prepositions
- la:Letter names of the Roman alphabet
- Spanish nouns
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish colloquialisms