-x en · X · etymology 1
Meanings
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(morpheme) Used to represent a value that may vary: see x.
I teach all of the 30x classes.
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
-x en · X · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /ks/
Etymology
The letter x is prototypically pronounced [ks] in English; it therefore serves as a convenient shorthand for the digraphs (cs, ks, etc.) or trigraphs (cks etc.) that would otherwise represent that consonant cluster.
Meanings
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(US, informal, morpheme) Used to replace a /ks/ sound, especially in monosyllabic words ending in -cks or -ks.
blax (“blacks”), clox (“clocks”), fax (“facts”), folx (“folks”), hax (“hacks”), pix (“pics”), punx (“punks”), shox (“shocks”), snax (“snacks”), sox (“socks”), stix (“sticks”), tix (“tickets”), trax (“tracks”)
Relateds
-x en · X · etymology 3
Etymology
Meanings
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(morpheme) An abbreviation marker.
Dx (“diagnosis”), elex (“election”), Hx (“history”), pax (“passenger”), RX (“receive”), TX (“transmit”)
-x en · X · etymology 4
Etymology
From the use of x as a neutral or nonspecific placeholder.
Meanings
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(morpheme, neologism) Used to replace a gendered suffix.
alumnx, Chicanx, Latinx