boxen

See also: Boxen

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒksən

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English boxen, replacing earlier bixen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English byxen (“made of boxwood”), equivalent to box +‎ -en.

Adjective

boxen (comparative more boxen, superlative most boxen)

1. Made of boxwood.
2. Resembling box (the wood).

Etymology 2

From humorous portmanteau of "box" ("computer") and "oxen"

Noun

boxen

1. (nonstandard, humorous) (deprecated template usage) plural of box (“computer”)

References

• http://foldoc.org/boxen
• http://foldoc.org/VAXen
• http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brian_Regan

Anagrams

• Xbone

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Catalan

Verb

boxen

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German

Etymology

From English box.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔksn̩/, /ˈbɔksən/

• audio:

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Verb

1. to box (strike with the fists)

Further reading

• “boxen” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Verb

boxen (third-person singular present boxt, past participle geboxt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to box

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	boxen
participle	geboxt
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	boxen	—
2nd singular	box	box
3rd singular	boxt	—
1st plural	boxen	—
2nd plural	boxt	boxt
3rd plural	boxen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.