sax

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æks

Etymology 1

From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sÁk-, *sek-, *sēyk- (“to cut”). Cognate with North Frisian sax (“knife, sword”), Middle Dutch sas (“knife”), Middle Low German sax (“knife”), Middle High German sahs (“a knife”), Danish and Swedish sax (“a pair of scissors”), Icelandic sax (“a short heavy sword”), Latin secō (“cut”). See also Saxon, saw.

Noun

sax (plural saxes)

1. (rare or obsolete) A knife; a sword; a dagger about 20 inches in length.
2. A slate-cutter's hammer; slate-ax.

Related terms

• saxie
• Saxon

Verb

sax (third-person singular simple present saxes, present participle saxing, simple past and past participle saxed)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify.

Etymology 2

From saxophone.

Noun

sax (plural saxes)

1. Short form of saxophone.

Anagrams

• ASX

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Aleut

Noun

sax

1. bird skin coat.

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Kurdish

Adjective

sax (comparative [[{{{1}}}]], superlative [[{{{2}}}]])

1. alive
2. healthy
3. whole

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Lojban

Rafsi

sax

1. rafsi of sarxe.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

sax c

1. a pair of scissors; shears
2. short of saxofon
3. a trap for animals

Declension

Declension of sax

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sax	saxen	saxar	saxarna
genitive	sax	saxens	saxars	saxarnas

Related terms

• altsax
• björnsax
• bultsax
• fårsax
• häcksax
• kökssax
• ljussax
• nagelsax
• plåtsax
• rävsax
• saxa
• saxfiske
• saxning
• saxnäbb
• saxsektion
• saxskänkel
• saxskär
• saxsprint
• sysax
• tenorsax
• trädgårdssax
• ullsax

References

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