Ox in Scrabble Dictionary

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2 letters words from 'ox'

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Definitions and meaning of ox

ox

Etymology

From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥‎ (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उक्षन् (ukṣán).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒks/
• Rhymes: -ɒks

Noun

ox (plural oxen)

1. An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus).
2. Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.
   • 1934, commentary on the Qur'an (Sura 39 verse 6) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali:

     Here the same four kinds are mentioned ... These are sheep, goats, camels and oxen.

Synonyms

• (castrated male of cattle): bullock, steer

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Abenaki: aksen (via "oxen")
• → Malecite-Passamaquoddy: akson (via "oxen")
• → Unami: aksën (via "oxen")

Related terms

• aurochs (from *ūrô (“aurochs”) + *uhsô (“ox”)

Translations

Anagrams

• XO, xo

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸‎ (oq, “arrow”), Chuvash ухӑ (uhă), from Proto-Turkic *ok.

Noun

ox (definite accusative oxu, plural oxlar)

1. arrow
2. axis
3. axle

Declension

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Bonan

Alternative forms

• ok
• oke (Gansu)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ög-. Cognate to Mongolian өгөх (ögöh) and perhaps Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (û).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɵx/

Noun

ox

1. (Qinghai) to give

Source: wiktionary.org

• a hoofed mammal.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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