cox
See also: Cox, COX, and çox
English
Etymology
Shortening of coxswain.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒks/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: käks, IPA(key): /kɑks/
- Rhymes: -ɒks
- Homophone: cocks
Noun
cox (plural coxes)
- A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew. [from mid-19th c.]
Derived terms
- box and cox
- cox box
- coxie
- coxless
Verb
cox (third-person singular simple present coxes, present participle coxing, simple past and past participle coxed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To act as coxswain for.
- The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox for a college rowing team.
- I coxed the lightweight 4+ yesterday.
Derived terms
- coxed
Anagrams
- CXO, CxO
Chol
Noun
cox
- A crested guan, Penelope purpurascens
Swedish
Etymology
From English cox.
Noun
cox c
- a cox
Declension
| Declension of cox | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | cox | coxen | coxar | coxarna |
| Genitive | cox | coxens | coxars | coxarnas |
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Etymology
C.f. Classical Nahuatl cuix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koʃ/
Adverb
cox
- maybe, perhaps
- Synonyms: beli̱s, cana, mati̱
References
- Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 82, 94, 117