lox

See also: LOX and LOx

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /lɑks/

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• Homophone: locks
• Rhymes: -ɒks

Etymology 1

From Yiddish לאַקס ‎(laks, “salmon”), from Old High German lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz ‎(“salmon”), from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- ‎(“salmon, trout”). Cognate to Icelandic lax, German Lachs. More at lax.

Noun

lox ‎(uncountable)

1. Smoked salmon.

Synonyms

• smoked salmon

Hyponyms

• Nova

Translations

smoked salmon

• Dutch: gerookte zalm
• Faroese: royktur laksur m

• Finnish: savulohi (fi)
• French: saumon fumé (fr) m
• Italian: salmone affumicato m
• Yiddish: לאַקס m ‎(laks)

See also

• Lox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.

Alternative forms

• LOX , LOx

Noun

lox ‎(uncountable)

1. Liquid oxygen.

Synonyms

• LO2
• O₂(l)

Coordinate terms

• gox , GOX (gaseous oxygen)

See also

• LH2 (liquid hydrogen)
• LN2 (liquid nitrogen)
• LHe (liquid helium)
• LNG (liquified natural gas)
• LPG (liquified petroleum gas)

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luhsaz ‎(“lynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‎(“light, bright, shining”). Cognate with Old Saxon lohs ‎(“lynx”), Old High German luhs ‎(“lynx”), Old Swedish lō ‎(“lynx”). See los.

Noun

lox m ‎(nominative plural loxas)

1. lynx

Declension

Declension of lox (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lox	loxas
accusative	lox	loxas
genitive	loxes	loxa
dative	loxe	loxum