sax
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with North Frisian sax (“knife, sword”), Middle Dutch sas (“knife”), Middle Low German sax (“knife”), Middle High German sahs (“a knife”), Danish saks (“a pair of scissors”), Swedish sax (“a pair of scissors”), Icelandic sax (“a short heavy sword”), Latin secō (“cut”). See also Saxon, saw.
Noun[edit]
sax (plural saxes)
- A slate-cutter's hammer; slate-ax.
- (obsolete) A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length.
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
sax (third-person singular simple present saxes, present participle saxing, simple past and past participle saxed)
Etymology 2[edit]
Clipping of saxophone. Distantly related to etymology 1 above, because the “Sax” surname is a cognate.
Noun[edit]
sax (plural saxes)
- Clipping of saxophone.
Anagrams[edit]
Aleut[edit]
Noun[edit]
sax
- bird skin coat
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). The word also existed in the sixteenth century, but became obsolete and was borrowed again.
Noun[edit]
sax c (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from English sax or less probably a native formation from saxofoon.
Noun[edit]
sax m (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English seax, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “sax, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Northern Kurdish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sax
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Noun[edit]
sax n (genitive sax, plural sǫx)
- a oneedged sword, a backsword
- (plural only) shears
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- saxar m pl (“Saxons”)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
sax in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English sex, byform of six, from Old English siex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
6 | Previous: | five |
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Next: | seiven |
sax
Related terms[edit]
- saxt (“sixth”)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse sǫx (plural of sax), from Proto-Germanic *sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Noun[edit]
sax c
Declension[edit]
Declension of sax | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sax | saxen | saxar | saxarna |
Genitive | sax | saxens | saxars | saxarnas |
Related terms[edit]
- altsax
- björnsax
- bultsax
- fårsax
- häcksax
- kökssax
- ljussax
- nagelsax
- plåtsax
- rävsax
- saxa
- saxfiske
- saxning
- saxnäbb
- saxsektion
- saxskänkel
- saxskär
- saxsprint
- sysax
- tenorsax
- trädgårdssax
- ullsax
References[edit]
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English terms with homophones
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- British English
- English dialectal terms
- English clippings
- English eponyms
- en:Musical instruments
- Aleut lemmas
- Aleut nouns
- ale:Clothing
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with homophones
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch common-gender nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch informal terms
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Tools
- enm:Weapons
- Northern Kurdish lemmas
- Northern Kurdish adjectives
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- Old Norse pluralia tantum
- Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns
- non:Weapons
- Scots terms inherited from Middle English
- Scots terms derived from Middle English
- Scots terms inherited from Old English
- Scots terms derived from Old English
- Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Scots terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scots terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scots lemmas
- Scots numerals
- Scots cardinal numbers
- Scots 1-syllable words
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns