ox

ox

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ox"

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

    From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, 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 उ॒क्षन् (ukṣán).

    Noun

    ox (plural oxen or (nonstandard) oxes)

    1. An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
      a yoke of oxen
    2. Any bovine animal (genus Bos).
      Synonym: (archaic) neat
      • 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
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • → Abenaki: aksen (via "oxen")
    • → Malecite-Passamaquoddy: akson (via "oxen")
    • → Unami: aksën (via "oxen")
    Translations

    Etymology 2

    Clipping of oxygen.

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    ox (uncountable)

    1. Abbreviation of oxygen.
      • 2020, Carla Perez, 42:40 from the start, in Breathtaking: K2 - The World's Most Dangerous Mountain | Eddie Bauer‎[1], YouTube, Eddie Bauer, archived from the original on 22 May 2020:
        I'm super excited to be on the summit of K2! No Ox! (coughs) It was hard.
    Coordinate terms

    Anagrams

    Azerbaijani

    Other scripts
    Cyrillic ох
    Arabic اوْخ

    Etymology

    Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸 (q̊¹ /⁠oq⁠/, “arrow”), Chuvash ухӑ (uh̬ă), from Proto-Turkic *ok.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    ox (definite accusative oxu, plural oxlar)

    1. arrow
    2. axis
    3. axle

    Declension

    Declension of ox
    singular plural
    nominative oxoxlar
    definite accusative oxuoxları
    dative oxaoxlara
    locative oxdaoxlarda
    ablative oxdanoxlardan
    definite genitive oxunoxların
    Possessive forms of ox
    nominative
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) oxum oxlarım
    sənin (“your”) oxun oxların
    onun (“his/her/its”) oxu oxları
    bizim (“our”) oxumuz oxlarımız
    sizin (“your”) oxunuz oxlarınız
    onların (“their”) oxu or oxları oxları
    accusative
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) oxumu oxlarımı
    sənin (“your”) oxunu oxlarını
    onun (“his/her/its”) oxunu oxlarını
    bizim (“our”) oxumuzu oxlarımızı
    sizin (“your”) oxunuzu oxlarınızı
    onların (“their”) oxunu or oxlarını oxlarını
    dative
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) oxuma oxlarıma
    sənin (“your”) oxuna oxlarına
    onun (“his/her/its”) oxuna oxlarına
    bizim (“our”) oxumuza oxlarımıza
    sizin (“your”) oxunuza oxlarınıza
    onların (“their”) oxuna or oxlarına oxlarına
    locative
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) oxumda oxlarımda
    sənin (“your”) oxunda oxlarında
    onun (“his/her/its”) oxunda oxlarında
    bizim (“our”) oxumuzda oxlarımızda
    sizin (“your”) oxunuzda oxlarınızda
    onların (“their”) oxunda or oxlarında oxlarında
    ablative
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) oxumdan oxlarımdan
    sənin (“your”) oxundan oxlarından
    onun (“his/her/its”) oxundan oxlarından
    bizim (“our”) oxumuzdan oxlarımızdan
    sizin (“your”) oxunuzdan oxlarınızdan
    onların (“their”) oxundan or oxlarından oxlarından
    genitive
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) oxumun oxlarımın
    sənin (“your”) oxunun oxlarının
    onun (“his/her/its”) oxunun oxlarının
    bizim (“our”) oxumuzun oxlarımızın
    sizin (“your”) oxunuzun oxlarınızın
    onların (“their”) oxunun or oxlarının oxlarının

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “ox” in Obastan.com.

    Bonan

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-Mongolic *ög-. Cognate to Mongolian өгөх (ögöx) and perhaps Khitan 𘲆 (*û).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɵx/

    Verb

    ox

    1. (Qinghai) to give
      Be Dromada samtexge oxgu tarang erna.
      I want to give a gift to Droma.

    Epigraphic Mayan

    Alternative forms

    Numeral

    ox

    1. three

    K'iche'

    Numeral

    ox

    1. three

    Lacandon

    Numeral

    ox

    1. three

    Lower Tanana

    Etymology

    Related to 'o (“beyond”)

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɔx/, /ɔχ/

    Adverb

    ox

    1. off, away in a direction

    References

    • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 49

    Mam

    Etymology

    From Proto-Mayan *ʔoox-ibʼ.

    Numeral

    ox

    1. three

    References

    • Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003), A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎[2], page 1465: “pM *7oox-ib'”

    Middle English

    Noun

    ox

    1. alternative form of oxe

    Middle Scots

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Inherited from Early Scots ox, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɔks/
    • IPA(key): /ɔʊ̯s/ (possibly)

    Noun

    ox (plural oxin or owsyn)

    1. ox (castrated bull)

    Descendants

    • Scots: ouse (either from Middle Scots *owse or rebuilt on the plural owsyn)

    References

    Spanish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic [script needed] (ušš).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈoʃ/ [ˈoʃ], /os/ [os]
    • Rhymes: -oʃ, -os
    • Syllabification: ox

    Interjection

    ox

    1. shoo

    Further reading

    Yucatec Maya

    Numeral

    ox

    1. obsolete spelling of óox
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