ox

ox

See also: Ox, OX, øx, -öx, and ох

English

Pronunciation

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

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Etymology 1

Two oxen.

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 उक्षन् (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.
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

Terms derived from "ox"

• grunting ox
• have the black ox tread on one's foot
• Indian ox
• Japanese ox
• Javan ox
• musk ox
• ox bile
• ox bow
• ox gall
• ox knee
• ox pith
• ox is in the ditch
• ox ray
• Oxford
• strong as an ox
• whose ox is gored

Related terms

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

Descendants

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

Translations

an adult castrated male of cattle

Akkadian: 𒄞 m (GUD /alpu/) Armenian: եզ (hy) (ez) Old Armenian: եզն (ezn) Azerbaijani: öküz (az) Bashkir: үгеҙ (ügeð) Basque: idi (eu) Belarusian: вол (vol) Bulgarian: вол (bg) (vol) Catalan: bou (ca) m Chechen: сту (stu) Chinese: Mandarin: 公牛 (zh) (gōngniú) Czech: vůl (cs) Dutch: os (nl) m Egyptian: (ngꜣw), (jḥ) Estonian: härg (et) sg Finnish: härkä (fi) French: bœuf (fr) m Galician: boi (gl) m Ge'ez: ሶር (sor) German: Ochse (de) m Alemannic German: Ochs m Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 m (auhsa) Greek: βόδι (el) n (vódi) Hebrew: שׁוֹר‎ (he) m (šor) Hindi: बैल (hi) m (bail) Hungarian: ökör (hu) Icelandic: uxi (is) Indonesian: lembu (id) Italian: bue (it) m Javanese: sapi (jv) Kaingang: monh Kazakh: өгіз (kk) (ögız) Kyrgyz: өгүз (ky) (ögüz) Ladin: bo m Latin: bōs (la) m Latvian: vērsis (lv) m Lithuanian: jautis (lt) Livonian: ǟrga Lombard: bö, bœu Maltese: gendus m Middle English: oxe Mon: ဂၠဴကၟက် Mongolian: шар (mn) (šar), шар үхэр (šar üxer) Mòcheno: ocks m Ngazidja Comorian: mfulwa mɓe North Frisian: Aus (Sylt) Old Javanese: lĕmbu Old Turkic: 𐰈𐰛𐰈𐰕‎ (/öküz/) Oromo: sangaa Ottoman Turkish: اوكوز‎ (öküz), صیغير‎ (sığır) Pali: goṇa Piedmontese: beu m Polish: wół Portuguese: boi (pt) m Romani: guruv m Romagnol: bo m Romanian: bou (ro) Russian: вол (ru) m (vol) Serbo-Croatian: vol (sh) m Sherpa: གླང (glang) Sicilian: voi (scn) m Sidamo: hando Slovak: vôl (sk) Slovene: vol (sl) Spanish: buey (es) m Sumerian: 𒄞 (GUD) Swedish: oxe (sv) c Tibetan: གླང (glang) Tigrinya: ብዕራይ (ti) (bəʿray) Turkmen: öküz Udi: ус (us) Ukrainian: віл (uk) (vil) Urdu: بیل‎ m (bail) Uzbek: hoʻkiz (uz) Vietnamese: bò đực thiến Welsh: ych (cy) m Yiddish: אָקס‎ m (oks)

any bovine animal used as a beast of burden

Abron: nandwie Afrikaans: os (af), bees (af) Albanian: ka (sq) Amharic: በሬ (bäre) Arabic: ثَوْر‎ (ar) m (ṯawr) Armenian: եզ (hy) (ez) Old Armenian: եզն (ezn) Aromanian: bou m Asturian: güe (ast) m Azerbaijani: öküz (az) m Basque: idi (eu) m Belarusian: вол m (vol), бык m (byk) (bull) Bulgarian: вол (bg) m (vol) Catalan: bou (ca) m Cherokee: ᎦᏓᎵ (gadali) Chinese: Mandarin: 犉 (zh) (rún), 牛 (zh) (niú) (bull or cow) Czech: vůl (cs) m Dalmatian: bu m Danish: okse (da) c Dutch: os (nl) m Eshtehardi: گو‎ m (geow) Esperanto: okso Estonian: härg (et) Ewe: nyi Faroese: oksi m Finnish: härkä (fi), nauta (fi) French: bœuf (fr) m Friulian: bo m, nemâl m Galician: boi (gl) m German: Rind (de) m; Zugrind n; Zugtier (de) n Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 m (auhsa) Greek: βόδι (el) n (vódi) Hebrew: שׁוֹר‎ (he) m (šor) Hindi: बैल (hi) m (bail) Hungarian: ökör (hu) Icelandic: uxi (is) Indonesian: lembu (id) Irish: damh m Italian: bue (it) m, bove (it) Japanese: 去勢雄牛 (きょせいおうし, kyosei ōshi) Karachay-Balkar: ёгюз (ögüz) Kazakh: өгіз (kk) (ögız) Khmer: (please verify) គោឈ្មោល (go chmol) Korean: (please verify) 악대소 (ko) (akdaeso) , (please verify) 불깐소 (bulkkanso) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: ga (ku) Latgalian: vierss m Latin: bōs (la) m, armentum n Latvian: vērsis (lv) Lithuanian: jautis (lt) m Livonian: ǟrga Low German: Oss m Luxembourgish: Ochs m, Uess m Lü: ᦷᦣ (ho) Macedonian: вол m (vol) Middle English: oxe Mongolian: үхэр (mn) (üxer) Mòcheno: ocks North Frisian: oxse Occitan: buòu (oc) m Old Church Slavonic: волъ m (volŭ) Old East Slavic: волъ m (volŭ) Old Norse: oxi m, uxi m Old Turkic: 𐰈𐰛𐰈𐰕‎ (/öküz/) Persian: گاو‎ (fa) (gâv), ورزا‎ (fa) (varzâ), برزگاو‎ (barzagâv) Polish: wół (pl) m Portuguese: boi (pt) m Romanian: bou (ro) m Romansch: bov Russian: вол (ru) m (vol), бык (ru) m (byk) (bull) Sardinian: Campidanese: boi m Logudorese: boe m Scottish Gaelic: damh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: во m, вол m, бик m (bull) Roman: vo (sh) m, vol (sh) m, bik (sh) m (bull) Sichuan Yi: ꇌ (le) Sicilian: voi (scn) m, jencu (scn) m Slovak: vôl (sk) m Slovene: vol (sl) m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: woł m Upper Sorbian: woł m Southern Altai: ӧкӱс (öküs),бука (buka) Spanish: buey (es) m, toro (es) m, novillo (es) m Swahili: ngʼombe Swedish: oxe (sv) c Tagalog: kapong baka Tajik: барзагов (tg) (barzagov) Tamil: காளை (ta) (kāḷai) Taos: mùoya’ána, tùlu’úna Telugu: ఎద్దు (te) ? (eddu) Thai: วัว (th) (wuua), โค (th) (koo) Tibetan: གླང (glang) Tigrinya: ብዕራይ (ti) (bəʿray) Tok Pisin: bulmakau Turkish: öküz (tr) Ottoman Turkish: اۊكۏز‎ (öküz) Ukrainian: віл (uk) m (vil), бик (uk) m (byk) (bull) Urdu: بیل‎ m (bail) Uzbek: bizon (uz), buyvol Vietnamese: bò (vi) Volapük: hobub (vo) Võro: härg Welsh: ych (cy) m Yiddish: אָקס‎ m (oks) Zazaki: ga (diq)

Etymology 2

Clipping of oxygen.

Alternative forms

• O, O., OX, Ox., Ox, ox., OXY, Oxy, oxy, oxy.

Noun

ox (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of oxygen.

Coordinate terms

• hydrolox
• kerolox
• methalox

 

Related terms

• gox
• heliox
• lox
• nitrox
• triox

 

Anagrams

• XO, xo

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		ох
Perso-Arabic		اوْخ‎

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

ox (definite accusative oxu, plural oxlar)

1. arrow
2. axis
3. axle

Declension

Declension of ox
	singular	plural
nominative	ox	oxlar
definite accusative	oxu	oxları
dative	oxa	oxlara
locative	oxda	oxlarda
ablative	oxdan	oxlardan
definite genitive	oxun	oxların

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

• oxatan
• oxluq

Further reading

• “ox” in Obastan.com.

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Alternative forms

• ok
• oke (Gansu)

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.

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Middle English

Noun

ox

1. Alternative form of oxe

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Numeral

ox

1. Obsolete spelling of óox