ex

ex

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛks/
  • Rhymes: -ɛks

Etymology 1

From Latin ex.

Noun

ex (plural exes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.
    • 1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190
      Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.
Derived terms
  • exray
  • ex-ray
Translations
See also
  • (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Etymology 2

From the fact that crossing something out often results in the shape of the letter X.

Verb

ex (third-person singular simple present exes, present participle exing, simple past and past participle exed)

  1. To delete; to cross out
  2. (slang) To extinguish the life of.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kill

Etymology 3

Standalone use of prefix ex-.

Noun

ex (plural exes)

  1. (colloquial) A former partner or spouse, usually short for ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife or ex-husband.
Translations

Adjective

ex (not comparable)

  1. Ex-, former, previously but no longer.

Etymology 4

From Latin ex (“out of, from”); originated as a telegraphic abbreviation.

Adjective

ex (not comparable)

  1. (rail transport, of a train) the place the train originated from or called at prior to the present location.
Usage notes
  • ex is always followed by a location and frequently preceded by a time or other identifier of the specific train. The time may be either the time it was scheduled to depart the given location or the time it was scheduled to pass the current location.
  • ex can be used in biological taxonomy in identifying the author. See Author citation (botany)#Usage of the term "ex".

Etymology 5

Clipping of expensive.

Adjective

ex (comparative more ex, superlative most ex)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial) expensive, dear

Etymology 6

Noun

ex

  1. (Canada) Clipping of exhibition.

See also

Anagrams

  • XE, xe

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

ex m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. ex (former partner)

Chinese

Etymology

From English ex- (“former”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪks²²/

Noun

ex

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) ex (former partner)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛks/
  • Hyphenation: ex
  • Rhymes: -ɛks

Noun

ex m or f (plural exen, diminutive exje n)

  1. ex (former partner)

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeks/, [ˈe̞ks̠]
  • Rhymes: -eks

Noun

ex

  1. (rare, colloquial) alternative form of eksä (“ex”) (former partner or spouse)

Declension

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛks/

Noun

ex m or f by sense (plural ex)

  1. ex (former partner)

German

Pronunciation

Verb

ex

  1. singular imperative of exen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of exen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛks]
  • Hyphenation: ex
  • Rhymes: -ɛks

Noun

ex (plural exek)

  1. (colloquial) ex (ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner)

Declension

Further reading

  • (interjection, a kind of prompt while drinking, cf. fenékig; emptying the glass in one go; or with an adverb in a foreign-like construction, such as ex has): ex in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • ex in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛks/
  • IPA(key): /ɛxs/

Noun

ex n (genitive singular ex, nominative plural ex)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.

Declension

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛksˠ/

Noun

ex

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter x/X.

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
  • Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛks/
  • Rhymes: -ɛks
  • Hyphenation: èx

Noun

ex m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. ex (ex-boyfriend, girlfriend)

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛks]
  • (Before voiced Consonants) IPA(key): [ˈɛɡz]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛks]

Etymology 1

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Noun

ex f (indeclinable)

  1. A name of the letter X.
Usage notes
  • Multiple Latin names for the letter X, x have been suggested. The most common are ix or īx, ex, or a syllabic x, although there is some evidence which also supports such names for the letter as xē and xə.
Synonyms
  • (name of the letter X): ix, īx
Coordinate terms
  • (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

Etymology 2

    From Proto-Italic *eks (alternative form of *eɣ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex) or ἐκ (ek), Old Irish ess-, a, ass, Lithuanian i̇̀š and Old Church Slavonic из (iz).

    Alternative forms

    • dē ex (Late Latin)

    Preposition

    ex (+ ablative)

    1. out of, from
    Usage notes
    • Sometimes apocopated with compensatory lengthening as ē. In cases where the following word begins with a vowel or h, only ex is used. Besides that, there are no rules for the use of either ē or ex, with both forms even used in the same sentence (e.g. "qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt”, Cicero, Republic 6, 14).
    Antonyms
    • in
    Derived terms
    • dē ex
    • ex-
    • exter
    • ex librīs

    References

    • “ex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “ex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "ex", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • ex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • ex in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[6], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
    • “ex”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195f

    Middle English

    Noun

    ex

    1. alternative form of ax (“axe”)

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    From the preffix ex- (“ex-, former”), as in ex-namorado ("ex-boyfriend") or ex-namorada ("ex-girlfriend").

    Pronunciation

    • Homophones: ex-, -ês (Brazil)
    • Hyphenation: ex

    Noun

    ex m or f by sense (invariable)

    1. (colloquial) ex (an ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner)

    Spanish

    Etymology

    From ex-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈeɡs/ [ˈeɣ̞s]
    • Rhymes: -eɡs
    • Syllabification: ex

    Noun

    ex m or f by sense (plural exes)

    1. ex (ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner)

    Adjective

    ex (indeclinable, always before the noun)

    1. former, ex- (referring to a condition that has ended)

    Usage notes

    • In many cases this is interchangeable with using ex-; for example, the former governor of a province could be called the ex gobernador or the exgobernador.

    According to the DRAE, the prefix ex- is preferred for single words (excapitán - former captain), while ex is preferred for multiword terms (ex primera dama - former first lady)

    Further reading

    • “ex”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

    Swedish

    Noun

    ex n

    1. (colloquial) ex; ex-partner
    2. (colloquial) Short for exemplar (“copy, specimen”).

    Declension

    Related terms

    • ex-

    References

    • ex in Svensk ordbok (SO)
    • ex in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
    • ex in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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