English Explanatory Dictionary

sax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of zax.
  2. A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length.
verb
  1. To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify.
noun
  1. Clipping of saxophone.
verb
  1. To play the saxophone
noun
  1. a shade of colour similar to sky blue
name
  1. Acronym of Simple API for XML.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/sæks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sax.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-sax.wav

Word forms

sax saxes saxing saxed

Etymology

From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of seax and zax.

Related words

Essex Middlesex saw saxie Saxon seax Sussex Wessex DOM

Derived words

alto sax bari sax baritone sax bass sax contrabass sax Mississippi sax saxist saxman sax tuba saxtuba sopranino sax sopranissimo sax soprano sax soprillo sax subcontrabass sax tenor sax tubax sax saxophone
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