Xbox

See also: XBox and X-box

English

An original Xbox with a controller.

Etymology

From "DirectX box". In use since the announcement of the original Xbox in 2000.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛks bɒks/

Noun

Xbox (plural Xboxes)

1. (video games, trademark) Any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox.
   • 2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products”, in China Uncensored‎^[1], New Tang Dynasty Television, New Tang Dynasty Television, spoken by himself (Chris Chappell), 00:01:45 from the start:

     The Xbox or the Arcade Game Box? That's weird. They knocked off the look of the Xbox with the PlayStation controller.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Xbox.

Alternative forms

• (nonstandard) XBox, X-box

Translations

video game console manufactured and distributed by Microsoft

• Dutch: Xbox c
• Finnish: Xbox
• French: Xbox f
• German: Xbox (de) f, X-Box f
• Hindi: एक्सबॉक्स (eksabŏks)
• Italian: XBox m or m pl
• Japanese: エックスボックス (Ekkusubokkusu)
• Kannada: ಎಕ್ಸ್ಬಾಕ್ಸ್ (eksbāks)
• Luxembourgish: Zougräife kënnt

• Marathi: एक्स-बॉक्स m (eksa-bŏksa)
• Persian: ایکس باکس‎ (eks-bâks)
• Polish: Xbox m
• Portuguese: XBox
• Romanian: Xbox n
• Spanish: Xbox
• Tamil: எக்ஸ்பாக்ஸ் (ekspāks)
• Urdu: ایکس بکس‎
• Yiddish: קסבאָקס‎ (ksboks)

See also

• Xbox Live on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• NES, SNES, N64, GC (NGC, GCN)
• SMS, SMD, DC
• PS

Verb

Xbox (third-person singular simple present Xboxes, present participle Xboxing, simple past and past participle Xboxed)

1. (intransitive, video games, informal) To play a video game using an Xbox home console.
   • 2018, Shelley Aggarwal, Signe Darpinian, Wendy Sterling, No Weigh!: A Teen's Guide to Positive Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 49:

     There's a time and a place for mindless activities (we don't need to make them a big deal) but, if done excessively, they don't exactly deliver what they promise. In other words, Xboxing for hours at a time may give you an illusion of rejuvenation but it doesn't truly make you feel rested.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Xbox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡz.bɔks/
• Rhymes: -iɡzbɔks
• Syllabification: X‧box

Noun

Xbox m anim

1. Xbox (video game console manufactured and distributed by Microsoft)

Declension

Declension of Xbox

	singular	plural
nominative	Xbox	Xboxy/Xboksy
genitive	Xboxa/Xboksa	Xboxów/Xboksów
dative	Xboxowi/Xboksowi	Xboxom/Xboksom
accusative	Xbox	Xboxy/Xboksy
instrumental	Xboxem/Xboksem	Xboxami/Xboksami
locative	Xboksie	Xboxach/Xboksach
vocative	Xboksie	Xboxy/Xboksy

Further reading

• Xbox in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Xbox in Polish dictionaries at PWN