lox
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - 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)
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Translations
type of smoked salmon
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Etymology 2
Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.
Alternative forms
Noun
lox (uncountable)
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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.
Pronunciation
Noun
lox m (nominative plural loxas)
Declension
Declension of lox (strong a-stem)
Descendants
- Middle English: lusk
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