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x

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x - Translingual

Letter

x (upper case X)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Symbol

x

  1. (IPA) The voiceless velar fricative.
    • (superscript) [x]-fricated release, [x]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [x] – see ⟨ˣ⟩
  2. (mathematics) An unknown variable.
  3. (mathematics) The first coordinate in Cartesian coordinates, representing horizontal position.
  4. Used as a placeholder for a digit or value that may vary.
  5. A kiss at the end of a letter, or similar missive.

Symbol

x

  1. Alternative spelling of ×
    • Dimensions: 1280x720
    • 3x as much as usual

Usage notes

Using x (in upper- or lower-case, italicized or not, and sometimes rotated 90 degrees) to indicate multiplication was common in 17th-century mathematical texts. Today, this usage is considered poor typography, but it is nevertheless common because computer keyboards lack a × key.

Symbol

x

  1. (computing) A unit of transfer rate of CD drives, equal to 150 KiB per second.
  2. (computing) A unit of transfer rate of DVD drives, equal 1.32 MiB per second.

Symbol

x

  1. Ⅹ, the Roman numeral ten (10)

Alternative forms

  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of X, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur

x - English

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /ɛks/
  • Rhymes: -ɛks
  • (phoneme): IPA: /ks/, /ɡz/, /z/, /kʃ/, /ɡʒ/

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X, plural xs or x's)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.
  2. Forming gender-neutral or otherwise more inclusive versions of words, especially Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.

Adjective

x

  1. Alternative letter-case form of X (“intersex or non-binary, in passports and identification documents”)

Numeral

x

  1. (sometimes humorous) An unknown or unspecified number of.

Conjunction

x

  1. (fandom slang) Used between the names of two characters to denote a ship, particularly in anime, manga, and video games.
  2. (music) Used in place of and in artist collaborations.
    • Taska Black x DROELOE, Steve Aoki x Lauren Jauregui, etc.

x - Afar

Letter

x

  1. The eighth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

x - Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA: /d͡z(ə)/

Letter

x (upper case X, lower case x)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

x - Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA: /x/

Letter

x lower case (upper case X)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

x - Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /iʃa/, [i.ʃa]

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ixa and written in the Latin script.

x - Bilen

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ħ/ (/x/ is spelled ⟨kh⟩)

Letter

x (uppercase X)

  1. A letter of the Bilen Latin alphabet.

x - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /ɪks/

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

x - Esperanto

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. (replacement) The letter that represents a diacritic in the x-system, written after the letter in its non-diacriticked form; it is called ikso.

x - Finnish

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. 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 replaced with ks.

x - French

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA: /iks/

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

x - Gothic

Romanization

x

  1. Romanization of 𐍇

x - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: [ˈks]
  • (letter name): IPA: [ˈiks]

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called iksz and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
Possessive forms of x

Derived terms

  • x-edik
  • x-edszer
  • x-lábú
  • x-szer

x - Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /xs/

Letter

x (upper case X)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

x - Ido

Pronunciation

  • (context pronunciation) IPA: /ks/
  • (letter name) IPA: /kse/

Letter

x (upper case X)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

x - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (context pronunciation) IPA: /s, ks/
  • (letter name) IPA: /ɛks/

Letter

x (upper case X)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

x

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of kali.

Suffix

x

  1. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of -nya.

Synonyms

x - Italian

Letter

x f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case X)

  1. 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.

Preposition

x

  1. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of per (“for”).

Usage notes

  • This convention is not only used for the preposition but also used within words such as, xké (“perché”), xò (“però”).

x - Latin

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script.

x - Malay

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X) (eks)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Adverb

x

  1. (informal, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of tak (“not”).

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • xde (tidak ada, "does not have")
  • xpe (tidak apa, "what not")

x - Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʃ/
  • IPA: /ʒ/ (by assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)
  • In a handful of English borrowings, x represents /ʒ/ also in other positions (compare televixin).

Letter

x (upper case X)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

x - Mam

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʂ/

Letter

x (uppercase X)

  1. A letter of the Mam alphabet.

x - Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /eks/, /ɛks/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /ks/, /s/

Letter

x

  1. The 24th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Usage notes

  • Only appears in loanwords from e.g. Latin.

x - Portuguese

Pronunciation

Phoneme:

  • IPA: /ʃ/, /ks/, /s/, /z/, /ɡz/

Letter name:

 
  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃis/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃiʃ/

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

x - Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /x/

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. (International Standard) The eleventh letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The twelfth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

x - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ks/, /ɡz/

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ics and written in the Latin script.

x - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: (phoneme) /ks/, /s/, /x/

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. the 25th letter of the Spanish alphabet
  2. (uncommon) Forming gender-neutral versions of words by replacing both the masculine o and feminine a.

Preposition

x

  1. (text messaging, Internet slang) por

x - Zulu

Letter

x (lower case, upper case X)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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