pix

English

Pronunciation

IPA: /pɪks/ X-SAMPA: /PIks/
Rhymes: -ɪks
Homophones: pics, picks, pyx

Etymology 1

First attested 1932, abbreviation of pictures, first used in Variety magazine, along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage [1].

Noun

pix (plural only)

(informal) Plural form of pic in the sense of "picture".
- 1946, “Palisades Notes”, in The Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., ISSN 0006-2510, Volume 58, Number 37 (1946 September 14), page 82:
  Annual photo contest has brought in some pix by amateurs which are definitely in the professional category.
- 1978, response to a letter to the editor, in American Motorcyclist, American Motorcyclist Association, ISSN 0277-9358, Volume 32, Number 2 (1978 February), page 4:
  Photo selection can be tricky with space limitations, Arthur, and we blew that one. Hope the Scott pix in our January issue made you feel better about this.
- 2010, Lynn Powell, Framing Innocence: A Mother’s Photographs, a Prosecutor’s Zeal, and a Small Town’s Response, The New Press, ISBN 978-1-59558-551-6, pages 15–16:
  He nervously wrote down Amy’s instructions for what to say and how to behave if the police came back with a search warrant:
  - […]
  - take pix of damage afterward
Specifically, motion pictures; movies.

Etymology 2

Noun

pix (plural pixes)

A variant of pyx

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“resin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pi- (“sap, juice”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, “pitch, tar”), Lithuanian pikis (“pitch”), Latin pīnus (“pine”). More at pine.