aux

See also: aux., -aux, and A/UX

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English and Portuguese Aurá with x as a placeholder.

Symbol

aux

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Aurá.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Aurá terms

English

Alternative forms

• aux.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔks/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːks/
• Rhymes: -ɔːks

• Audio:

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• Homophone: ox (cot–caught merger)

Adjective

aux (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of auxiliary.
   • 2009, Rick Snoman, Dance Music Manual: Tools, Toys and Techniques, page 69:

     Each aux out is connected to an effects unit and the signal is then returned into the desk.

Noun

aux (plural auxes)

1. (slang) The auxiliary audio connector of a sound system.

   Synonym: aux cord

   Hey, pass the aux. I'll play some music from my phone.

   • 2025 October 15, @natemixing, Twitter‎^[1]:

     BE AWARE, reverbs should be in the end of your chain, as sends to auxes. Setting them first doesn’t mean they will be first in the chain. You just set up the auxes, then get back to the vocal channel to add EQs, compressors, etc.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Conjunction

aux

1. X-system spelling of aŭ

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French aux, from earlier aus, from Old French als.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o/, (before a vowel sound) /o.z‿/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Rhymes: -o
• Homophones: au, aulx, eau, eaux, haut, hauts, ho, o, ô, oh, os (plural only - "os" is not a homophone in the singular)

Contraction

aux

1. Contraction of à + les ('to the' or 'of the')

   Synonym: à les — Louisiana

Synonyms

• au
• à la

Further reading

• “aux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle French

Contraction

aux

1. alternative form of aus: contraction of a +‎ les, literally “to the pl”

Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au̯s/

Contraction

aux

1. alternative form of als

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ʔaːu˦˨/
• Tone numbers: au⁴
• Hyphenation: aux

Verb

aux (Sawndip forms 䶸 or 噢, 1957–1982 spelling auч)

1. to incite; to instigate

Derived terms

• aux ma doxhaeb
• aux ma haeuj nyaengq