Xbox

See also: XBox, and X-box

English

An original Xbox with a controller.

Etymology

From "DirectX box". In use since the announcement of the original Xbox in 2000.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛks bɒks/

Noun

Xbox (plural Xboxes)

1. (video games, trademark) Any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox.
   • 2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products” (00:01:45 from the start), in China Uncensored‎^[1], spoken by himself (Chris Chappell), New Tang Dynasty Television, via New Tang Dynasty Television:

     The Xbox or the Arcade Game Box? That's weird. They knocked off the look of the Xbox with the PlayStation controller.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Xbox.

Alternative forms

• (nonstandard) XBox, X-box

Derived terms

• XB1
• XBLA
• Xblocks
• Xbone
• Xbot
• Xboxer
• Xbrick

 

Translations

video game console manufactured and distributed by Microsoft

• Dutch: Xbox c
• Finnish: Xbox
• French: Xbox f
• German: Xbox (de) f, X-Box f
• Hindi: एक्सबॉक्स (eksabŏks)
• Italian: XBox m or m pl
• Japanese: エックスボックス (Ekkusubokkusu)
• Kannada: ಎಕ್ಸ್ಬಾಕ್ಸ್ (eksbāks)
• Luxembourgish: Zougräife kënnt
• Marathi: एक्स-बॉक्स m (eksa-bŏksa)
• Persian: ایکس باکس (eks-bâks)
• Polish: Xbox m
• Portuguese: Xbox f
• Romanian: Xbox n
• Spanish: Xbox
• Tamil: எக்ஸ்பாக்ஸ் (ekspāks)
• Urdu: ایکس بکس
• Yiddish: קסבאָקס (ksboks)

See also

• Xbox Live on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• NES, SNES, N64, GC (NGC, GCN)
• SMS, SMD, DC
• PS

Verb

Xbox (third-person singular simple present Xboxes, present participle Xboxing, simple past and past participle Xboxed)

1. (intransitive, video games, informal) To play a video game using an Xbox home console.
   • 2018, Shelley Aggarwal, Signe Darpinian, Wendy Sterling, No Weigh!: A Teen's Guide to Positive Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 49:

     There's a time and a place for mindless activities (we don't need to make them a big deal) but, if done excessively, they don't exactly deliver what they promise. In other words, Xboxing for hours at a time may give you an illusion of rejuvenation but it doesn't truly make you feel rested.

Anagrams

• Boxx

Polish

Xbox

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Xbox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɡz.bɔks/
• Rhymes: -iɡzbɔks
• Syllabification: X‧box

Noun

Xbox m animal

1. Xbox (any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox)

Declension

Declension of Xbox

	singular	plural
nominative	Xbox	Xboksy
genitive	Xboksa	Xboksów
dative	Xboksowi	Xboksom
accusative	Xboksa	Xboksy
instrumental	Xboksem	Xboksami
locative	Xboksie	Xboksach
vocative	Xboksie	Xboksy

Further reading

• Xbox in Polish dictionaries at PWN