eks

Etymology

From eks- (ekskæreste etc.).

Noun

eks

1. (informal) ex

Pronunciation

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

Verb

eks

1. (dialectal, colloquial) Reduced form of etkös

   Synonyms: (standard) etkö, (colloquial, dialectal) ekkö, et, etsä, eksää

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛks/, [ɛks]

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch ex-, from French ex-, from Latin ex-.

Further reading

• “eks” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛks/

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• Rhymes: -ɛks
• Syllabification: eks
• Homophone: eks-

Noun

eks m pers or f (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) ex (ex-partner)

   Synonyms: była f, były m

Further reading

• eks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• eks in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

Probably from Latin ex (“out of, from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /êks/

Adverb

ȅks (Cyrillic spelling е̏кс)

1. (usually after the preposition na, as in na eks) in one gulp, bottoms up

References

• “eks”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “eks”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 836

Noun

eks

1. indefinite genitive singular of ek

Anagrams

• ske

Etymology

Borrowed from English ex, the English name of the letter X/x.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔeks/ [ʔɛks]
• Rhymes: -eks
• Syllabification: eks

Noun

eks (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter X/x, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Abecedario) equis

Pronoun

eks

1. plural of ek