fax

See also Fax, and ℻

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: făks, IPA: /fæks/, X-SAMPA: /f{ks/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æks

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English feax (“hair, head of hair”), from Proto-Germanic *fahsą (“hair, mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *poḱs- (“hair”, literally "that which is combed, shorn, or plucked"), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear, pluck”). Cognate with Dutch vas (“headhair”), German Fachs (“headhair”), Norwegian faks (“mane”), Icelandic fax (“mane”), Sanskrit पक्षमन् (pakṣman, “eyelash, hair, filament”).

Noun

fax (usually uncountable; plural faxes)

1. (obsolete or UK dialectal) The hair of the head.

Derived terms

• faxed
• Fairfax
• Halifax

Etymology 2

From facsimile, first attested 1979.

Noun

fax (plural faxes)

1. A fax machine or a document received and printed by one.

Translations

document transmitted by telephone

• Alsatian: fax
• Arabic: فاكس (ar) (faks) m
• Belarusian: факс (be) (faks) m
• Bengali: ফ্যাক্স (bn) (phæks)
• Bulgarian: факс (bg) (faks) m
• Burmese: ပုံတူညီသော (my), ဖက္ (my)
• Catalan: fax
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳真 (cmn), 传真 (cmn) (chuánzhēn)

• Czech: fax (cs) m
• Dutch: fax (nl) m
• Finnish: faksi (fi)
• French: fax (fr) m, (document) télécopie (fr) f, (machine) télécopieur (fr) m
• German: Fax (de) n
• Greek: φαξ (el) (fax) n, τηλεομοιότυπο (el) (tileomoiótypo) n
• Hebrew: פקס (he) (faks) m
• Hindi: फैक्स (hi) (phaiks), फ़ैक्स (hi) (faiks)
• Hungarian: fax (hu)
• Italian: fax (it) m, telefax (it) m
• Japanese: ファックス (ja) (fakkusu), ファクシミリ (ja) (fakushimiri)
• Jèrriais: fax m
• Khmer: ទូរសារ (km) (tuu saa)

• Korean: 팩스 (ko) (paekseu), 팩시밀리 (ko) (paeksimilli)
• Lao: ການຄັດສຳເນົາ (lo) (kaːn kʰāt săm náo)
• Latin: facsimilis (la) m
• Luxembourgish: fax
• Macedonian: факс (mk) (faks) m
• Persian: دورنگار (fa) (dornegâr), فاکس (fa) (fâks)
• Polish: fax (pl) m, faks (pl) m, telefaks (pl) m, telefax (pl) m
• Portuguese: fax (pt)
• Romanian: fax (ro)
• Russian: факс (ru) (faks) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: fax (sh) m, faks (sh) m

  Roman: fax (sk) m

• Slovak: fax (sk) m
• Spanish: fax (es) m
• Swahili: faksi (sw)
• Swedish: fax (sv) c, telefax (sv) c
• Thai: แฟกซ์ (th) (fæks̒)
• Ukrainian: факс (uk) (faks) m
• Urdu: نسخۂ کامل (ur), فاکس (ur) (fāks)
• Vietnamese: fax (vi)

Verb

fax (third-person singular simple present faxes, present participle faxing, simple past and past participle faxed)

1. To send a document via a fax machine.

Translations

send document

• Arabic: أرسل فاكس (ar) ('ársala faks)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發傳真 (cmn), 发传真 (cmn) (fā chuánzhēn)

• Czech: faxovat (cs)
• Dutch: faxen (nl)
• Finnish: faksata (fi)
• French: faxer (fr), oïn (fr)
• German: faxen (de), fernkopieren (de)

• Greek: τηλεομοιοτυπώ (el) (tileomiotipó), στέλνω φαξ (el) (stélno fax)
• Japanese: ファクスを送る (ja) (fakkusu-o okuru)
• Jèrriais: faxer
• Persian: دورنگاریدن (fa) (dōrnegâridan), فکس کردن (fa) (faks kardan)
• Polish: faksować, przefaksować
• Russian: посылать факс (ru) (posylát’ faks), передавать факс (ru) (peredavát’ faks)
• Swahili: faksi (sw)
• Swedish: faxa (sv)

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Czech

Noun

fax m

1. fax (document)
2. fax, fax machine

Related terms

• faxovat

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑks

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

fax m (plural faxen, diminutive faxje)

1. fax

Synonyms

• telefacsimile
• telefax

Verb

fax

1. first-person singular present indicative of faxen
2. imperative of faxen

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /faxs/
• IPA: /faks/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fax (“mane”) from Proto-Indo-European *poḱ-s-, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”).

Noun

fax n (genitive singular fax, plural föx)

1. mane (of a horse)

Declension

declension of fax

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fax	faxið	föx	föxin
accusative	fax	faxið	föx	föxin
dative	faxi	faxinu	föxum	föxunum
genitive	fax	faxins	faxa	faxanna

See also

• makki

Etymology 2

From English fax, from facsimile, from Latin.

Noun

fax n (genitive singular fax, plural föx)

1. fax, telefax (document sent electronically and printed with a fax machine)

Declension

declension of fax

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fax	faxið	föx	föxin
accusative	fax	faxið	föx	föxin
dative	faxi	faxinu	föxum	föxunum
genitive	fax	faxins	faxa	faxanna

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From English fax.

Noun

fax m (plural fax)

1. fax

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Latin

Noun

fax (genitive facis); f, third declension

1. torch, firebrand
2. fireball, comet
3. cause of ruin, incitement

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	fax	facēs
genitive	facis	facum
dative	facī	facibus
accusative	facem	facēs
ablative	face	facibus
vocative	fax	facēs

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Lojban

Rafsi

fax

1. rafsi of fraxu.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *poḱs-, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”).

Noun

fax

1. a mane

Descendants

• Icelandic: fax
• Norwegian: faks

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Polish

Noun

fax m

1. fax

Declension

    declension of fax

	singular	plural
nominative	fax	faksy
genitive	faksu	faksów
dative	faksowi	faksom
accusative	fax	faksy
instrumental	faksem	faksami
locative	faksie	faksach
vocative	faksie	faksy

Synonyms

• faks, telefaks, telefax

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Spanish

Etymology

From English fax.

Noun

fax m (plural fax)

1. fax

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Swedish

Noun

fax n and c

1. a fax (machine) c
2. a fax (document) n

Declension

Declension of fax 1

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fax	faxen	faxar	faxarna
genitive	fax	faxens	faxars	faxarnas

Declension of fax 2

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fax	faxet	fax	faxen
genitive	fax	faxets	fax	faxens

Related terms

• faksimil
• faxa
• faxmeddelande
• faxnummer
• faxsignal
• faxsändning

Synonyms

• telefax

References

• fax in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)