hex

See also hex-

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛks

Etymology 1

First attested about 1830, from Pennsylvania German hexe (“to practice witchcraft”), from German hexen (compare Hexe (“witch”)). The noun appeared later, in the 1850s.

Verb

hex (third-person singular simple present hexes, present participle hexing, simple past and past participle hexed)

1. To put a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell) on.

Translations

to put a hex on

• Finnish: kirota (fi), loitsia (fi), taikoa (fi)

• Portuguese: enfeitiçar (pt)

Noun

hex (plural hexes)

1. An evil spell or curse.
2. A witch.
3. (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).

Translations

an evil spell or curse

• Danish: forbandelse (da) c
• Finnish: taika (fi), loitsu (fi), kirous (fi)

• Dutch: vloek (nl), betovering (nl), beheksing (nl)
• French: sortilège (fr) m, sort (fr) m
• German: Fluch (de) m, Verhexung (de) f

a witch

• Danish: heks (da) c
• Dutch: heks (nl)
• Finnish: noita (fi)
• French: sorcière (fr) f

• German: Hexe (de) f

rare: a spell

Etymology 2

Short for hexadecimal.

Noun

hex (uncountable)

1. (computing, informal) Short for hexadecimal.

Translations

short for hexadecimal

• Finnish: heksa (fi)

• Greek: δεκαεξαδικό (el) (dekaexadikó)