Oxford

See also: oxford

English

Etymology

From Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford (“Oxford”, literally “oxen's ford”), equivalent to ox +‎ ford. Compare Old Norse Öxnafurða.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏks'fəd, IPA^(key): /ˈɒksfəd/
• (Received Pronunciation, dated) enPR: ôks'fəd, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːksfəd/

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• (General American, Canada) enPR: äks'fərd, IPA^(key): /ˈɑksfɚd/

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Proper noun

Oxford

1. The University of Oxford.
2. A city in Oxfordshire, England, famous for its university.
3. An English habitational surname derived from the city in England.
4. A city, the county seat of Lafayette County, Mississippi; named for the city in England.
5. A city in Ohio.
6. A city in Alabama.
7. A city in Georgia, United States; named for the university.
8. A city in Kansas.
9. A city in Iowa; named for its township, itself named for the town in New York.
10. A city in Arkansas.
11. A city in Idaho.
12. A town in Massachusetts.
13. A town in Connecticut; named for the city in England.
14. A town, the county seat of Granville County, North Carolina.
15. A borough of Pennsylvania.
16. A town in Maine; named for the city in England.
17. A town and village in New York; named for the town in Massachusetts.
18. A village in Michigan.
19. A neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
20. A town in Nova Scotia.
21. A town in Indiana.
22. A census-designated place in New Jersey.
23. A village in Nebraska.
24. A town in Maryland.
25. A town and village in Wisconsin.
26. A settlement on Saint Croix, in the United States Virgin Islands.
27. An unincorporated community in Colorado.
28. An unincorporated community in Florida.
29. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
30. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
31. A town in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Derived terms

• Oxbridge
• Oxford comma
• Oxford County
• Oxfordshire
• Oxford shoe

 

Translations

city

• Abkhaz: Оқсфорд (Oksford)
• Albanian: Oksford
• Amharic: ኦክስፎርድ (ʾoksford)
• Arabic: أُكْسْفُورْد‎ m (ʾuksfūrd)

  Egyptian Arabic: اوكسفورد‎ (ōksfōrd)

• Armenian: Օքսֆորդ (Ōkʿsford)
• Azerbaijani: Oksford
• Basque: Oxford
• Belarusian: Оксфард (Óksfard)
• Bengali: অক্সফোর্ড (ôkśphorḍ)
• Bulgarian: О́ксфорд m (Óksford)
• Catalan: Oxford
• Chechen: Оксфорд (Oksford)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牛津

  Mandarin: 牛津 (zh) (Niújīn)

• Cornish: Rysoghen
• Czech: Oxford (cs) m
• Danish: Oxford c
• Dutch: Oxford (nl), Ossenvoord m
• Esperanto: Oksfordo
• Estonian: Oxford
• Finnish: Oxford (fi)
• French: Oxford (fr)
• Galician: Oxford f
• Georgian: ოქსფორდი (ka) (okspordi)
• German: Oxford (de), Ochsenfurt (de)
• Greek: Οξφόρδη (el) (Oxfórdi)

  Ancient: Ὀξωνία f (Oxōnía)

• Hebrew: אוקספורד‎
• Hindi: ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड (ŏksaforḍ)
• Hungarian: Oxford (hu)
• Irish: Áth na nDamh
• Italian: Oxford (it)
• Japanese: オックスフォード (ja) (Okkusufōdo)
• Kannada: ಆಕ್ಸ್ಫರ್ಡ್ (ākspharḍ)
• Karakalpak: Oksford
• Kazakh: Оксфорд (Oksford)
• Korean: 옥스포드 (Okseupodeu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئۆکسفۆڕد‎ (okisforrd)

• Kyrgyz: Оксфорд (Oksford)
• Lao: ອັອກຟອດ (ʼǫk fǭt)
• Latin: Oxfordia, Oxonia, Oxonium
• Latvian: Oksforda f
• Lithuanian: Oksfordas m
• Lü: ᦀᦸᧅᦝᦸᧆ (˙ʼoakfoad)
• Macedonian: Оксфорд m (Oksford)
• Manx: Aah yn Ollee f
• Marathi: ऑक्सफर्ड (ŏksapharḍa)
• Mazanderani: آکسفورد‎
• Northern Thai: ᩋᩬᩢᨠᨼᩬᨯ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Oxford m

  Nynorsk: Oxford m

• Old English: Oxnaford
• Persian: آکسفورد‎ (fa)
• Polish: Oksford (pl) m
• Portuguese: Oxford f, Oxónia f (Portugal), Oxônia (Brazil)
• Punjabi: ਆਕਸਫ਼ੋਰਡ (ākasforaḍ)
• Romanian: Oxford n
• Russian: О́ксфорд (ru) m (Óksford)
• Scottish Gaelic: Àth nan Damh
• Serbo-Croatian: Оксфорд, Oxford
• Shan: ဢွၵ်ၾွတ် (ʼǒak fǒat)
• Sinhalese: ඔක්ස්ෆෝර්ඩ් (oksfōrḍ)
• Slovak: Oxford m
• Slovene: Oxford m
• Spanish: Oxford
• Swedish: Oxford (sv) c
• Tajik: Оксфорд (Oksford)
• Tamil: ஆக்சுபோர்டு (ākcupōrṭu)
• Tatar: Оксфорд (Oqsford)
• Telugu: ఆక్స్ఫర్డ్ (ākspharḍ)
• Thai: อ็อกฟอร์ด (ókfôt)
• Turkish: Oxford
• Ukrainian: Оксфорд m (Oksford)
• Urdu: آکسفورڈ‎ (āks‌forḍ)
• Uyghur: Oksford
• Veps: Oksford
• Welsh: Rhydychen (cy) f
• Yiddish: אָקספֿאָרד‎ (oksford)

Noun

Oxford (plural Oxfords)

An Oxford shoe

1. A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.
   • 1908, O. Henry, A Tempered Wind

     We had to have a young lady assistant to help us work this graft; and I asked Buck if he knew of one to fill the bill.

     "One," says I, "that is cool and wise and strictly business from her pompadour to her Oxfords. No ex-toe-dancers or gum-chewers or crayon portrait canvassers for this."

2. (by ellipsis) An Oxford Dictionary.

Synonyms

• (shoe): balmoral

Translations

type of shoe — see Oxford shoe

dictionary

• Finnish: Oxfordin sanakirja

See also

• Cambridge

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Catalan

Proper noun

Oxford m

1. Oxford (a city in England)

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Finnish

Proper noun

Oxford

1. Oxford (any of the various localities or the Oxford University)

   Tyttäreni opiskelee Oxfordissa.

   My daughter is studying in Oxford.

Declension

Inflection of Oxford (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Oxford	—
genitive		Oxfordin	—
partitive		Oxfordia	—
illative		Oxfordiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Oxford	—
accusative	nom.	Oxford	—
	gen.	Oxfordin
genitive		Oxfordin	—
partitive		Oxfordia	—
inessive		Oxfordissa	—
elative		Oxfordista	—
illative		Oxfordiin	—
adessive		Oxfordilla	—
ablative		Oxfordilta	—
allative		Oxfordille	—
essive		Oxfordina	—
translative		Oxfordiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Oxforditta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Oxford (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Oxfordini	Oxfordimme
2nd person	Oxfordisi	Oxfordinne
3rd person	Oxfordinsa

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Oxford.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔk.sfɔrt/

Proper noun

Oxford m inan

1. Oxford (a city in England)

Declension

declension of Oxford

	singular
nominative	Oxford
genitive	Oxfordu
dative	Oxfordowi
accusative	Oxford
instrumental	Oxfordem
locative	Oxfordzie
vocative	Oxfordzie

Further reading

• Oxford in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Oxford.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔks.fɔʁd͡ʒ/

Proper noun

Oxford f

1. Oxford (a city in England)

   Synonyms: Oxónia, Oxônia

2. Oxford (university)