sax

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 (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *s- (“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.

Etymology 2

From saxophone. Distantly related to etymology one because the "Sax" surname is cognate to it.

Anagrams

• ASX, XAS

Noun

sax

1. bird skin coat

Adjective

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

1. alive
2. healthy
3. whole

Alternative forms

• sexe, sex, sæx, seax

Etymology

From Old English seax, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saks/
• Rhymes: -aks

Noun

sax (plural saxes or saxen)

1. An knife (tool)
2. An knife (weapon)

Noun

sax n (genitive sax, plural sǫx)

1. a short, oneedged sword
2. (plural only) shears

Declension

References

sax in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saks/

Numeral

sax

1. (cardinal) six

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

References

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