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Translingual
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From the Etruscan letter 𐌗 (x, “ex”), from the Ancient Greek letter Χ (Kh, “chi”), created ex nihilo.
Letter
X (lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter X): Ẍẍ Ẋẋ ᶍ Xx
Numeral
X | Previous: | IX |
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Next: | XI |
X
- Roman numeral ten (10)
- (especially in the names of aristocracy) the tenth.
Alternative forms
Symbol
X
- (bowling) strike
- Coordinate term: / (spare)
- (sports) fail
- One of the tristimulus values which, with Y and Z, defines coordinates in a three-dimensional color space. Pronounced (in English) big X or cap X.
- 2003, Charles A. Poynton, Digital Video and HDTV: Algorithms and Interfaces (in English), →ISBN, page 217:
- X, Y and Z are pronounced big-X, big-Y, and big-Z, or cap-X, cap-Y, and cap-Z, to distinguish them from little x and little y, to be described in a moment.
- A placeholder for any letter or word.
- (linguistics) A wildcard for any sound (consonant, vowel or tone).
- (international standards) Substituted for the third letter of a currency code to denote the minor unit of that currency.
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones.
Symbol
X
- A hazard indicator, sometimes incorporated into standard labelling and signage systems
Derived terms
Gallery
- Letter styles
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Uppercase and lowercase versions of X, in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
See also
Other representations of X:
English
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛks/
- (phonetic realization) IPA(key): [ks], [ɡz], (word-initially) [z]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛks
- Homophone: Exe
Etymology 1
Introduced by René Descartes in the context of mathematical notation, but has since widened to other contexts.
Numeral
X
- An unknown quantity or unknown value.
- Let x represent the forecast traffic flow in 20 years’ time.
- the X factor
Derived terms
Translations
Proper noun
X
- A placeholder for an unknown, suppressed or hypothetical name.
- The woman known until now as Witness X has been unmasked after a court ruling.
- Suppose that Mr and Mrs X have been married for many years.
- (anthroponymy, politics) A surname, used by those who have had their identity or heritage, including their proper ancestral names, erased or forgotten.
- Malcolm X
Etymology 2
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x, plural Xs or X's)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Noun
X
- Any mark that looks like that letter, such as a mark made by a person who cannot read or write in lieu of a signature.
- (lacrosse) The spot behind the goal.
Derived terms
- (signature mark) xoxo
Translations
Adjective
X (not comparable)
- Intersex or non-binary (in passports and identification documents).
Etymology 3
Presumably by abbreviation of the pronunciation of ecstasy.
Noun
X (uncountable)
- (slang) Ecstasy, a particular street drug.
- 2003 January 7, “In da Club” (track 5), in Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent:
- You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub'. Look, mami, I got the X if you into takin' drugs.
- 2008, Stephen King, Graduation Weekend:
- Tonight the kids will go out and party down in a more righteous mode. Alcohol and not a few tabs of X will be ingested. Club music will throb through big speakers.
- 2018 June 8, “Love Druggie”[1]performed by Mendoza:
- I'm a love druggie falling for these drug junkies. Come n call on me besides these X parties. It's fucking hard on my body.
Translations
Etymology 4
Adjective
X (not comparable)
- (Britain film certificate, dated) Suitable only for those aged 16 or (later) 18 years and over.
- (movie rating) Obscene.
- 1976, Movie Maker, volume 10, numbers 1-6, page 364:
- If you go to an X movie you do so knowingly, as does everyone else in the audience. Or if the same thing comes up on TV you can switch over, or, if you wish, enjoy it in relative privacy.
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 5
From Christ by abbreviation, orthographic borrowing from Ancient Greek Χ (Kh, letter chi), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”).
Proper noun
X
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 6
From cross, due to the X symbol being a cross saltire.
Noun
X (plural Xes)
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 7
Adjective
X (comparative more X, superlative most X)
- (informal) Abbreviation of extreme.
Derived terms
Afar
Letter
X
- The eighth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
Noun
Albanian
Pronunciation
Letter
X (upper case X, lower case x)
- The thirty-second letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh
- (Arvanitic) (Greek script letters) Α α, Β β, Ƃ ƅ, Γ γ, Γj γj, Δ δ, D d, Ε ε, Ε̱ ε̱, Ζ ζ, Ζ̇ ζ̇, Θ θ, Ι ι, J j, Κ κ, Κ̇ κ̇, Λ λ, ΛΛ λλ, Λ̇ λ̇, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ν̇ ν̇, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Ρ̇ ρ̇, Σ σ, Σ̈ σ̈, Τ τ, Ȣ ȣ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Χ̇ χ̇, ΤΣ τσ, ΤΣ̈ τσ̈, DΣ dσ, DΣ̈ dσ̈
Azerbaijani
Letter
X upper case (lower case x)
- The twelfth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Basque
Pronunciation
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ixa and written in the Latin script.
See also
Central Franconian
Pronunciation
- /ks/
Letter
X
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes
- In the German-based spelling, x is the default spelling for /ks/, but not the most frequent spelling. Following the German cognate or otherwise when there is an intervening morpheme boundary, the spellings chs, cks, ks (possibly also ggs) may be used instead.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, /ks/ is usually represented by ks. The letter x occurs only rarely in loanwords.
- X is never doubled and preceding vowels are short unless they are themselves doubled (as in English).
Chinese
Pronunciation 1
Letter
X
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2
Letter
X
- The second letter used in Pinyin.
Comox
Pronunciation
Letter
X (lower case x)
- A letter of the Comox alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Letter
X (capital, lowercase x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Esperanto
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- (replacement) The letter that represents a diacritic in the x-system, written after the letter in its non-diacriticed form; it is called ikso.
Finnish
Etymology
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and X for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-third letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äks or eks and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords, it is replaced with ks.
See also
French
Pronunciation
Noun
X m or f (plural X)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the French alphabet, called ixe and written in the Latin script.
- X-frame stool
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.3.i:
- La duchesse de Duras lisait à trois ou quatre amis, dans son boudoir meublé d’X en satin bleu ciel [...].
- The Duchess de Duras was reading to two or three friends, in a boudoir furnished with X-frame stools in sky-blue satin.
Adjective
X (invariable)
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called iksz and written in the Latin script.
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | X | X-ek |
accusative | X-et | X-eket |
dative | X-nek | X-eknek |
instrumental | X-szel | X-ekkel |
causal-final | X-ért | X-ekért |
translative | X-szé | X-ekké |
terminative | X-ig | X-ekig |
essive-formal | X-ként | X-ekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | X-ben | X-ekben |
superessive | X-en | X-eken |
adessive | X-nél | X-eknél |
illative | X-be | X-ekbe |
sublative | X-re | X-ekre |
allative | X-hez | X-ekhez |
elative | X-ből | X-ekből |
delative | X-ről | X-ekről |
ablative | X-től | X-ektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
X-é | X-eké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
X-éi | X-ekéi |
Possessive forms of X | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | X-em | X-eim |
2nd person sing. | X-ed | X-eid |
3rd person sing. | X-e | X-ei |
1st person plural | X-ünk | X-eink |
2nd person plural | X-etek | X-eitek |
3rd person plural | X-ük | X-eik |
See also
- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
Ido
Pronunciation
Letter
X (lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Italian
Pronunciation
Letter
X f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case x)
- the twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, called ics in Italian
Usage notes
- The letter X is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords, Latinisms, and Grecisms.
See also
Korean
Etymology
Symbol
X
- false.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Kwakʼwala
Pronunciation
Letter
X (lower case x)
- A letter of the Kwak'wala alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χ (Kh, “chi”), which represented /ks/ in the dialects of most of the Greek mainland and Euboea.
Pronunciation
The sound of X was like that of the Greek Ξ (X, “xi”), that is /ks/, although etymologically it represented not only cs (as in lūx, from luc-s, and dīxī, from dic-si), but also gs (as in lēx, from leg-s; rēxī, from reg-si); hs (as in trāxī, from trah-si; vexī, from veh-si); and chs (as in the word onyx, from onych-s, borrowed from the Greek). The hardening of a softer final (g, h, ch) before s into the с sound, which occurs in the last-mentioned cases, is found also in several roots ending in v and u: nix for niv-s, vīxī for viv-si, connixī for conniv-si, fluxī for fluv-si, from fluō (root fluv-; compare fluvius), struxī for stru-si.
Less frequently x has arisen from the combinations ps and ts: proximus for prop-simus (from prope), nīxus for nit-sus (from nītor), the latter being used along with the collateral form nīsus, as also connīvī with connixī, and mistus (from misceō) with mixtus.
An exchange of the sounds ss or s and x, took place in axis for assis and laxus for lassus. In the later language of the vulgar, the guttural sound in x disappeared, and s or ss was often written for it; as vis for vix, visit for vīxit, unsit for unxit, conflississet for conflixisset, in late inscriptions; hence regularly in Italian, and frequently in the other Romance tongues, the Latin x is represented by s or ss.
By a mere graphic variation, one of the constituent sounds of x is often expressed in inscriptions (but not the earliest) by an additional с or s; as SACXO or SAXSO for saxō; VCXOR or VXSOR for uxor; CONIVNCX or CONIVNXS for conjunx; even both sounds are sometimes thus expressed, VICXSIT for vīxit.
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Numeral
X
See also
- Roman numeral letters: I, V, L, C, D, M.
- Unicode glyphs of Roman numerals: Ⅹ, ⅹ.
- Appendixes: Roman numerals, Latin cardinal numerals
References
- “X” in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short [1907], A New Latin Dictionary.
Malay
Pronunciation
Letter
X
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, called eks and written in the Latin script.
See also
Norwegian
Letter
X (upper case X, lower case x)
- the 24th letter of the Norwegian alphabet
Usage notes
Mostly used in loan words and foreign names. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of ks.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
(letter name)
(phonetic realization) IPA(key): /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ks/, /ɡz/
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called xis and written in the Latin script.
See also
Romani
Pronunciation
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- (International Standard) The eleventh letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- (Pan-Vlax) The twelfth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
References
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “X, x”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 13
Romanian
Pronunciation
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ics and written in the Latin script.
See also
Saanich
Pronunciation
Letter
X
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Somali
Pronunciation
Letter
X upper case (lower case x)
- The fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, called xa and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- The fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by J and followed by KH.
See also
Spanish
Pronunciation
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish X. Each pronunciation has a different source:
- Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English X.
- Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish X.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: X
- (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /ʔeks/, [ʔɛks]
- (letter name, Abecedario): IPA(key): /ˈʔekis/, [ˈʔɛ.xɪs]
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /ks/, [ks]
- (phoneme, some Spanish loanwords): IPA(key): /h/, [h]
- Rhymes: -eks, -ekis
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called eks and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings.
Related terms
See also
- (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜒᜐ᜔)
- (historical) The twenty-sixth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called equis or ekis and written in the Latin script.
Further reading
- “X”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, 2018
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔit̚˧˦ si˨˩], [ʔit̚˧˦ si˨˩], [səː˨˩], [səː˨˩ ɲɛ˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔit̚˦˧˥ ʂɪj˦˩], [ʔit̚˦˧˥ sɪj˦˩], [səː˦˩], [səː˦˩ ɲɛ˨˩ʔ] ~ [ʔit̚˦˧˥ sɪj˦˩], [ʔit̚˦˧˥ sɪj˦˩], [səː˦˩], [səː˦˩ ɲɛ˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɨt̚˦˥ ʂɪj˨˩], [ʔɨt̚˦˥ sɪj˨˩], [səː˨˩], [səː˨˩ ɲɛ˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɨt̚˦˥ sɪj˨˩], [ʔɨt̚˦˥ sɪj˨˩], [səː˨˩], [səː˨˩ ɲɛ˨˩˨]
- Phonetic: ít sì, ít xì, xờ, xờ nhẹ
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called ích, ích xì, xờ, or xờ nhẹ and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Zulu
Letter
X (upper case, lower case x)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.