Dictionary

x en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /z/
• /ɡʒ/
• /kʃ/
• /ʃ/
• /ɛks/ (letter, name)
• /ks/
• /ɡz/

Meanings

1. (alt-of, not-comparable) Alternative letter-case form of X (“intersex or non-binary (in passports and identification documents)”).
   alt of X

x en · CCONJ

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /z/
• /ɡʒ/
• /kʃ/
• /ʃ/
• /ɛks/ (letter, name)
• /ks/
• /ɡz/

Meanings

1. (slang) Used between the names of two characters to denote a ship, particularly in anime, manga, and video games.
   • Tho' my doujinshi is a Cloud x Sephiroth - yes you read that right - Cloud's name is first. ^^! 2003 April 29, sephigirl, “Re: [OT] Character selections was: Re: [POLL] Identification”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet):
   • 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. 2002 July 7, Arnold Kim, “Re: Favorite couples??”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
   • 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. 1998 August 31, Greg Upchurch, “[Eva][Fanfic] Aright”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet):
2. Used in place of and in artist collaborations.
   • Taska Black x DROELOE, Steve Aoki x Lauren Jauregui, etc.

Relateds

x-cat-ik · -x · x-hat · x-caboquinho

x en · NUM

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /z/
• /ɡʒ/
• /kʃ/
• /ʃ/
• /ɛks/ (letter, name)
• /ks/
• /ɡz/

Meanings

1. (humorous, sometimes) An unknown or unspecified number of.
   • David Cameron gives a Commons statement after every EU summit and normally they follow a predictable pattern; he says that he set out with X number of aims, and then he explains he has achieved all X of them (even if he hasn’t). The most interesting comments normally come in the exchanges with MPs. 2016 February 22, Andrew Sparrow, “David Cameron's swipe at Boris Johnson in the Commons – verdict”, in The Guardian:
   • But chances are that Google will continue to float new ideas before eventually merging the best of them into a single, coherent application, as it did with Hangouts. And then it'll start the process again. In the meantime, Google will spend money developing x number of duplicate apps, and users will have to deal with a confusing mess of applications on their home screens. 2016 May 19, Aaron Souppouris, “Why Google can't stop making messaging apps”, in Engadget:

Deriveds

x-band · x unit · x-intercept · x-axis · -x

Relateds

X

x en · SYM

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /z/
• /ɡʒ/
• /kʃ/
• /ʃ/
• /ɛks/ (letter, name)
• /ks/
• /ɡz/

Meanings

1. (letter, lowercase) The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.
2. (letter, lowercase) Forming gender-neutral or otherwise more inclusive versions of words, especially Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.
   • alumnx, Chicanx (Xicanx), Filipinx, Latinx, Mx, mxn, Tejanx, womxn

Forms

Deriveds

x-word · x-height (from the letter shape) · x-wing (from the letter shape) · x-dressing (from the letter shape) · moto-x (from the letter shape) · x-risk · -x · x- (from the letter shape)

Relateds

-x (gender) · @ (gender)