sax

See also: SAX and Sax.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæks/
• Homophones: sacks, Sacks
• Rhymes: -æks

Etymology 1

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 ‎(“rock, 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

sax ‎(plural saxes)

1. (rare or obsolete) A knife; a sword; a dagger about 20 inches in length.
2. A slate-cutter's hammer; slate-ax.

Related terms

• Wessex
• Middlesex
• Essex
• Sussex
• saxie
• Saxon
• seax

Verb

sax ‎(third-person singular simple present saxes, present participle saxing, simple past and past participle saxed)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify.

Etymology 2

From saxophone. Distantly related to etymology one, as Adolphe Sax's surname is cognate to etymology one.

Noun

sax ‎(plural saxes)

1. Short form of saxophone.

Anagrams

• ASX

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Aleut

Noun

sax

1. bird skin coat

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Kurdish

Adjective

sax (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

1. alive
2. healthy
3. whole

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Lojban

Rafsi

sax

1. rafsi of sarxe.

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Scots

Numeral

sax

1. (cardinal) six

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫx (plural of sax), from Proto-Germanic *sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sax c

1. a pair of scissors; shears
2. short of saxofon
3. a trap for animals

Declension

Inflection of sax
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sax	saxen	saxar	saxarna
Genitive	sax	saxens	saxars	saxarnas

Related terms

• altsax
• björnsax
• bultsax
• fårsax
• häcksax
• kökssax
• ljussax
• nagelsax
• plåtsax
• rävsax
• saxa
• saxfiske
• saxning
• saxnäbb
• saxsektion
• saxskänkel
• saxskär
• saxsprint
• sysax
• tenorsax
• trädgårdssax
• ullsax

References

• sax in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)