vax
See also: väx
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From the phonetic spelling of the clipping of vaccine, vaccination or vaccinate.
NounEdit
vax (countable and uncountable, plural vaxxes)
- (slang) Clipping of vaccine.
- (slang) Clipping of vaccination.
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VerbEdit
vax (third-person singular simple present vaxxes, present participle vaxxing, simple past and past participle vaxxed)
- (slang) To vaccinate.
- 2021 January 19, Ellie Rushing, Anna Orso, “South Jersey mom and anti-vax activist directed part of the mob in breaching the Capitol”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer[1]:
- In late April, Hazelton organized a protest in Trenton demanding to “open New Jersey now,” saying into a bullhorn: “We have the right not to be tested, not to be tracked, not to be vaxxed.”
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IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą.
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vax n (genitive singular vax, no plural)
DeclensionEdit
declension of vax
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Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
vax
- Alternative form of wax (“wax”)
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą.
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vax n
ZhuangEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /βa˦˨/
- Tone numbers: va4
- Hyphenation: vax
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
vax (Sawndip forms 𤬪 or 𫭡 or 砙, old orthography vaч)
Etymology 2Edit
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