Box
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Boxx
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Box
- A surname.
- A village in Minchinhampton parish, south of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8600).
- A village and civil parish near Corsham, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8268).
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German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English box. Doublet of Büchse (“can”) and Buchse (“bushing, connector”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Box f (genitive Box, plural Boxen)
- box (rectangular container); but not as widely used as in English, perhaps commonest for plastic boxes
- (electronics) loudspeaker (box-like encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices)
- (equestrianism) a stall for a horse (compartment in a stable); not used for a horsebox, which is Pferdeanhänger
- (motor racing) pit (area for refueling and repairing)
Usage notes edit
- With regard to the derived senses 2, 3, and 4, Box has become a false friend of its English etymon, box.
Declension edit
Declension of Box [feminine]
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Further reading edit
Limburgish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Derived from or related to Middle Low German buxe. Compare Luxembourgish Box and Central Franconian Botz.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈboks/, [ˈbʊks]
- (some dialects and some younger speakers) IPA(key): /ˈbɔks/, [ˈbɒks]
- Rhymes: -oks
Noun edit
Box f (plural Boxe, diminutive Böxke) (German-based spelling)
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Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Box f (plural Boxen)