X
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Translingual
Etymology 1
Letter
X (lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter X): Ẍẍ Ẋẋ ᶍ Xx
Numeral
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X
- Roman numeral ten (10)
- (especially in the names of aristocracy) the tenth.
Alternative forms
Symbol
X
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Symbol
X
- A hazard indicator, sometimes incorporated into standard labelling and signage systems
Derived terms
Gallery
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Capital and lowercase versions of X, in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
See also
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Other representations of X:
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Numeral
X
- An unknown quantity or unknown value.
- A variable to be chosen, selected or determined.
Translations
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Letter
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X (upper case, lower case x, plural Xs or X's)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Noun
X
- Any mark that looks like that letter, such as such a mark made by a person who cannot read or write, in lieu of a signature.
- (lacrosse) The spot behind the goal.
Derived terms
- (signature mark): xoxo
Translations
Adjective
X (not comparable)
- Intersex or non-binary (in passports and identification documents).
Etymology 3
Presumably by abbreviation of the pronunciation of ecstasy.
Noun
X (uncountable)
- (slang) Ecstasy, a particular street drug.
- 2008, Stephen King, Graduation Weekend:
- Tonight the kids will go out and party down in a more righteous mode. Alcohol and not a few tabs of X will be ingested. Club music will throb through big speakers.
Translations
Etymology 4
Adjective
X (not comparable)
- (British film certificate, dated) Suitable only for those aged 16 or (later) 18 years and over.
- (movie rating) Obscene.
- 1976, Movie Maker (volume 10, issues 1-6, page 364)
- If you go to an X movie you do so knowingly, as does everyone else in the audience. Or if the same thing comes up on TV you can switch over, or, if you wish, enjoy it in relative privacy.
- 1976, Movie Maker (volume 10, issues 1-6, page 364)
Translations
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Etymology 5
From Christ by abbreviation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Χ (Kh, “(letter chi)”), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”).
Proper noun
X
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 6
From cross, due to the X symbol being a cross saltire.
Noun
X (plural Xes)
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 7
As defined in CIE 1931 color space.
Noun
X (uncountable)
- One of the tristimulus values which, with Y and Z, defines coordinates in a three-dimensional color space. Pronounced big X or cap X.
- 2003, Charles A. Poynton, Digital Video and HDTV: Algorithms and Interfaces, →ISBN, p. 217:
- X, Y and Z are pronounced big-X, big-Y, and big-Z, or cap-X, cap-Y, and cap-Z, to distinguish them from little x and little y, to be described in a moment.
- 2003, Charles A. Poynton, Digital Video and HDTV: Algorithms and Interfaces, →ISBN, p. 217:
Translations
Etymology 8
Part of the pronunciation of transaction
Noun
X
- (databases) A transaction.
- PgSQL gives each transaction a Transaction ID, or XID.
Translations
Derived terms
Afar
Letter
X
- The eighth letter in the Afar alphabet.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y
American Sign Language
Letter
- The letter X
Azerbaijani
Letter
X upper case (lower case x)
- The twelfth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Dutch
Pronunciation
Letter
X (capital, lowercase x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
See also
Esperanto
Abbreviation
X
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of aŭ (“or”)..
- (replacement) to represent a letter with circumflex (see x-system).
See also
Finnish
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-third letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äks or eks and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with ks.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
French
Pronunciation
Noun
X m or f (plural X)
- X (letter of the Latin alphabet)
- X-frame stool
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.3.i:
- La duchesse de Duras lisait à trois ou quatre amis, dans son boudoir meublé d’X en satin bleu ciel [...].
- The Duchess de Duras was reading to two or three friends, in a boudoir furnished with X-frame stools in sky-blue satin.}}
- La duchesse de Duras lisait à trois ou quatre amis, dans son boudoir meublé d’X en satin bleu ciel [...].
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.3.i:
Adjective
X (invariable)
German
Pronunciation
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the German alphabet.
Ido
Pronunciation
Letter
X (lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Italian
Pronunciation
Letter
X m or f (invariable, lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, called ics in Italian.
Usage notes
- The letter X is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords, Latinisms, and Grecisms.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
- Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Korean
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese × (batsu).
Symbol
X
- false.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χ (Kh, “chi”), which represented /ks/ in the dialects of most of the Greek mainland and Euboea.
Pronunciation
The sound of X was like that of the Greek Ξ (X, “xi”), that is /ks/, although etymologically it represented not only cs (as in lūx, from luc-s, and dīxī, from dic-si), but also gs (as in lēx, from leg-s; rēxī, from reg-si); hs (as in trāxī, from trah-si; vexī, from veh-si); and chs (as in the word onyx, from onych-s, borrowed from the Greek). The hardening of a softer final (g, h, ch) before s into the с sound, which occurs in the last-mentioned cases, is found also in several roots ending in v and u: nix for niv-s, vīxī for viv-si, connixī for conniv-si, fluxī for fluv-si, from fluō (root fluv; cf. fluvius), struxī for stru-si. Less frequently x has arisen from the combinations ps and ts: proximus for prop-simus (from prope), nīxus for nit-sus (from nītor), the latter being used along with the collateral form nīsus, as also connīvī with connixī, and mistus (from misceō) with mixtus. An exchange of the sounds ss or s and x, took place in axis for assis and laxus for lassus. In the later language of the vulgar, the guttural sound in x disappeared, and s or ss was often written for it; as vis for vix, visit for vīxit, unsit for unxit, conflississet for conflixisset, in late inscriptions; hence regularly in Italian, and frequently in the other Romance tongues, the Latin x is represented by s or ss.
By a mere graphic variation, one of the constituent sounds of x is often expressed in inscriptions (but not the earliest) by an additional с or s; as SACXO or SAXSO for saxō; VCXOR or VXSOR for uxor; CONIVNCX or CONIVNXS for conjunx; even both sounds are sometimes thus expressed, VICXSIT for vīxit.
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Numeral
X
See also
- Roman numeral letters: I, V, L, C, D, M.
- Unicode glyphs of Roman numerals: Ⅹ, ⅹ.
- Appendixes: Roman numerals, Latin cardinal numerals
References
- “X” in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short [1907], A New Latin Dictionary.
Malay
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Phoneme, Syllable initial" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): [z]
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Phoneme, Syllable final" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): [k̚s]
Letter
X
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈʃis/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈʃiʃ/
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
See also
Romanian
Pronunciation
Letter
X (lowercase x)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the double-consonant sounds /gz/ and /ks/. Preceded by V and followed by Z.
Saanich
Pronunciation
Letter
X
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ,
Somali
Pronunciation
Letter
X upper case (lower case x)
- The fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, called xa and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- The fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by J and followed by KH.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) ʼ, B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u
Spanish
Pronunciation
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The 25th letter of the Spanish alphabet.
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔit̚˧˦ si˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔit̚˦˧˥ ʂɪj˦˩] ~ [ʔit̚˦˧˥ sɪj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɨt̚˦˥ ʂɪj˨˩] ~ [ʔɨt̚˦˥ sɪj˨˩]
- Phonetic: ít sìThe template Template:vi-IPA does not use the parameter(s):
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Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called ích, ích xì, xờ, or xờ nhẹ and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Zulu
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- Translingual lemmas
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- Translingual numeral symbols
- Translingual ordinal numbers
- Translingual symbols
- mul:Bowling
- Roman numerals
- Translingual cardinal numbers
- mul:Ten
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