x

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER X
Unicode block	Basic Latin
Codepoint	U+0078
w ← Basic Latin → y

See also: Appendix:Variations of "x"

Translingual

Wikipedia

Letter

x lower case (upper case X)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter X):  Ẍẍ  Ẋẋ  ᶍ  Ｘｘ

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

Wikipedia

x

1. (IPA) voiceless velar fricative.
2. (mathematics) An unknown variable.
3. (mathematics) The first coordinate in Cartesian coordinates, representing horizontal position.
4. Used as a placeholder for a digit or value that may vary.
   • 2008, Leonard Richardson, ‎Sam Ruby, RESTful Web Services (page 387)

     The 5xx [i.e. three digits starting "5"] series of status codes is for representing problems on the server side.

   • 2009, Ravi Rikhye, Concise World Armies 2009

     BRIGADE NUMBERING - TRADITIONAL • Armor Brigade [5xx series] • Armored Infantry Brigade [3xx series] • Motorized Infantry Brigade [2xx series] • Infantry Brigade [1xx series] • Special Forces [8xx series]

   • 2010, Tri "Slowhabit" Nguyen, ‎Martin Harris, Advanced PLO Play (page 53)

     Although my opponent will have 4xxx [i.e. a 4 and three other cards] frequently, I have to stack off occasionally to avoid being exploited in this spot.

5. A kiss at the end of a letter, or similar missive.
   • 2009 September 8, tammy martinez, “God bless u!”, in cir-b-ksa, Usenet^[1], retrieved 2014-10-26:

     Que DIOS te bendiga, xoxo

   • 2010 September 4, pap...@yahoo.com, “Re: Sortido”, in Medicina UFRJ Turma 1970, Usenet^[2], retrieved 2014-10-26:

     Pratinha te amo, te amo...XOXO luizbola

   • 2012, Amanda Jennings, Sworn Secret

     i love you :)! xxx. She pressed send and stared at him. She giggled when he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone.

   • 2012, Maya Rodale, Geheimes Spiel der Liebe, dedication:

     XOXO, dein Schreibmädchen, deine Frau

   • 2013, Arthur and Carly Fleischmann, La voz de Carly [3]:

     Nos vemos en unos días. Te quiero. Xoxo.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Mon évolution par l'Amour, page 134:

     Je t'aime ! Kristel xxxx....

6. (computing) A unit of transfer rate of CD drives, equal to 150 KiB per second.
7. (computing) A unit of transfer rate of DVD drives, equal 1.32 MiB per second.
8. Alternative spelling of ×

   Dimensions: 1280x720

See also

Other representations of X:

NATO phonetic: X-ray Morse code: –··– Braille: ⠭ ASL Manual: X

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of X, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur

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English

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛks/

Audio (US)

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• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ks/, /ɡz/, /z/, /kʃ/, /ɡʒ/

Letter

x ‎(lower case, upper case X, plural x's)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.

Adjective

x

1. Alternative letter-case form of X ‎(“intersex or non-binary, in passports and identification documents”)

Conjunction

x

1. (fandom slang) Used between the names of two characters to denote a ship, particularly in anime, manga, and video games.
   • 1998 August 31, Greg Upchurch, “[Eva][Fanfic] Aright”, in rec.arts.anime.creative, Usenet^[4]:

     If there is anyone in the audience who can't stand someone pushing a Shinji x Rei thing, I know you want to quit on this fic now.

   • 2002 July 7, Arnold Kim, “Re: Favorite couples??”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer, Usenet^[5]:

     I'm a fairly big Angel x Buffy fan, though I'm not a particularly big fan of Angel. They just work well together, IMO.

   • 2003 April 29, sephigirl, “Re: [OT] Character selections was: Re: [POLL] Identification”, in alt.fan.utena, Usenet^[6]:

     Tho' my doujinshi is a Cloud x Sephiroth - yes you read that right - Cloud's name is first. ^^!

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:x.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
• -x

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Azeri

Letter

x lower case (upper case X)

1. The twelfth letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪks
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɪks/

Letter

x ‎(lower case, upper case X)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: w
• Next letter: y

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French

Letter

x ‎(lower case, upper case X)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:

     Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles, ce qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressuscité tout exprès pour cela.

     With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose.

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ks/

Letter

x ‎(upper case X)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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Italian

Noun

x m, f ‎(invariable)

1. x; the 24th letter of the Latin alphabet

Preposition

x

1. (text messaging, slang) abbreviation of per (“for”)
   

Origin: The multiplication sign “×” (which is visually similar to the letter “x”) is pronounced “per” in Italian. This convention is not only used for the preposition but also used within words, e.g. “xké” (“perché”), ”“xò” (“però”).

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Malay

Letter

x ‎(lower case, upper case X)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /eks/, /ɛks/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ks/, /s/

Letter

x

1. The 24th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Usage notes

• Only appears in loanwords from e.g. Latin.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (BR)

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Letter

x ‎(lower case, upper case X)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letra; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iks/

Letter

x (lowercase, capital X)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the double-consonant sounds /gz/ and /ks/. Preceded by v and followed by z.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ks/, /s/, /x/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /'ekis/

  • Audio (Spain)

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Letter

x ‎(lower case, upper case X)

1. The 25th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Abbreviation

x

1. (text messaging, Internet) Abbreviation of "por"