Oxford

Oxford

See also: oxford

English

Etymology

From Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford (“Oxford”, literally “oxen's ford”), equivalent to ox +‎ ford. Compare Old Norse Öxnafurða.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏks'fəd, IPA^(key): /ˈɒksfəd/
• (Received Pronunciation, dated) enPR: ôks'fəd, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːksfəd/

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• (General American, Canada) enPR: äks'fərd, IPA^(key): /ˈɑksfɚd/

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• Homophone: oxford

Proper noun

Oxford

1. A city in Oxfordshire, England, famous for its university.
2. Ellipsis of University of Oxford.
3. An English habitational surname derived from the city in England.
4. A number of other places in the United Kingdom:
   1. A hamlet in Northumberland.
   2. A district of Tunstall, Staffordshire.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Alabama.
   2. A city in Arkansas.
   3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Colorado.
   4. A town in Connecticut; named for the city in England.
   5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Florida.
   6. A city in Georgia, United States; named for the university.
   7. A city in Idaho.
   8. A town in Indiana.
   9. A city in Iowa; named for its township, itself named for the town in New York.
   10. A city in Kansas.
   11. An unincorporatedcommunity in Kentucky.
   12. A town in Maine; named for the city in England.
   13. A town in Maryland.
   14. A town in Massachusetts.
   15. A village in Michigan.
   16. A city, the county seat of Lafayette County, Mississippi; named for the city in England.
   17. A village in Furnas County and Harlan County, Nebraska.
   18. A census-designated place in New Jersey.
   19. A town and village in New York; named for the town in Massachusetts.
   20. A town, the county seat of Granville County, North Carolina.
   21. A city in Ohio.
   22. A borough of Pennsylvania.
   23. An unincorporatedcommunity in West Virginia.
   24. A town and village in Wisconsin.
6. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
7. A town in Nova Scotia.

   Synonym: Head of the Tide (historical)

8. A settlement on Saint Croix, in the United States Virgin Islands.
9. A town in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Derived terms

• Lower Oxford
• Oxbridge
• Oxford comma
• Oxford County
• Oxford pillowcase
• Oxfordshire
• Oxford shoe

 

Translations

city

Abkhaz: Оқсфорд (Oksford) Albanian: Oksford Amharic: ኦክስፎርድ (ʾoksəford) Arabic: أُكْسْفُورْد‎ m (ʾuksfūrd) Egyptian Arabic: اوكسفورد‎ (ōksfōrd) Armenian: Օքսֆորդ (Ōkʿsford) Azerbaijani: Oksford Basque: Oxford Belarusian: Оксфард (Óksfard) Bengali: অক্সফোর্ড (ôksôphorḍô) Bulgarian: О́ксфорд m (Óksford) Burmese: အောက်စ်ဖို့ (aukchpui.), အောက်စ်ဖို့ဒ် (aukchpuid.) Catalan: Oxford Chechen: Оксфорд (Oksford) Chinese: Cantonese: 牛津 Mandarin: 牛津 (zh) (Niújīn) Cornish: Rysoghen Czech: Oxford (cs) m Danish: Oxford c Dutch: Oxford (nl), Ossenvoord m Esperanto: Oksfordo Estonian: Oxford Finnish: Oxford (fi) French: Oxford (fr) Galician: Oxford f Georgian: ოქსფორდი (ka) (okspordi) German: Oxford (de), Ochsenfurt (de) Greek: Οξφόρδη (el) (Oxfórdi) Ancient: Ὀξωνία f (Oxōnía), Ὀξώνιον n (Oxṓnion) Hebrew: אוקספורד‎ Hindi: ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड (ŏksaforḍ) Hungarian: Oxford (hu) Irish: Áth na nDamh Italian: Oxford (it) Japanese: オックスフォード (ja) (Okkusufōdo) Kannada: ಆಕ್ಸ್ಫರ್ಡ್ (ākspharḍ) Karakalpak: Oksford Kazakh: Оксфорд (Oksford) Korean: 옥스포드 (Okseupodeu) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ئۆکسفۆڕد‎ (okisforrd) Kyrgyz: Оксфорд (Oksford) Lao: ອັອກຟອດ (ʼǫk fǭt) Latin: Oxfordia, Oxōnia, Oxōnium Latvian: Oksforda f Lithuanian: Oksfordas m Lü: ᦀᦸᧅᦝᦸᧆ (˙ʼoakfoad) Macedonian: Оксфорд m (Oksford) Manx: Aah yn Ollee f Marathi: ऑक्सफर्ड (ŏksapharḍa) Mazanderani: آکسفورد‎ Northern Thai: ᩋᩬᩢᨠᨼᩬᨯ Norwegian: Bokmål: Oxford m Nynorsk: Oxford m Old English: Oxnaford Persian: آکسفورد‎ (fa) Polish: Oksford (pl) m Portuguese: Oxford f, Oxónia f (Portugal), Oxônia (Brazil) Punjabi: ਆਕਸਫ਼ੋਰਡ (ākasforaḍ) Romanian: Oxford n Russian: О́ксфорд (ru) m (Óksford) Scottish Gaelic: Àth nan Damh Serbo-Croatian: Оксфорд, Oxford Shan: ဢွၵ်ၾွတ် (ʼǎuk fǎut) Sinhalese: ඔක්ස්ෆෝර්ඩ් (oksfōrḍ) Slovak: Oxford m Slovene: Oxford m Spanish: Oxford (es) Swedish: Oxford (sv) c Tajik: Оксфорд (Oksford) Tamil: ஆக்சுபோர்டு (ākcupōrṭu) Tatar: Оксфорд (Oqsford) Telugu: ఆక్స్ఫర్డ్ (ākspharḍ) Thai: อ็อกฟอร์ด (ókfôt) Turkish: Oxford Ukrainian: Оксфорд m (Oksford) Urdu: آکسفورڈ‎ (āks‌forḍ) Uyghur: Oksford Veps: Oksford Welsh: Rhydychen (cy) f Yiddish: אָקספֿאָרד‎ (oksford)

Noun

An Oxford shoe

Oxford (plural Oxfords)

1. A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.

   Alternative form: oxford

   Synonyms: balmoral, Oxford shoe

   • 1908, O. Henry, A Tempered Wind

     We had to have a young lady assistant to help us work this graft; and I asked Buck if he knew of one to fill the bill.

     "One," says I, "that is cool and wise and strictly business from her pompadour to her Oxfords. No ex-toe-dancers or gum-chewers or crayon portrait canvassers for this."

2. (usually attributive) A type of basket weave cotton fabric used for clothing.

   Alternative form: oxford

   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 148:

     I was amazed at the sight of such a medley of things. The newest shapes in straw hats were lying side by side with camp ovens and frying-pans, while flannel and Oxford shirts, together with wideawake felt hats, vests, collars, and ties, kept company with boxes of tea, bags of flour, and ready-tapped barrels of whiskey, rum, and gin.

3. (now chiefly Australia, now rare) Ellipsis of Oxford scholar.
4. A dictionary published by Oxford University Press, especially the Oxford English Dictionary.
5. Ellipsis of Oxford shirt.

   Alternative form: oxford

6. (UK) Ellipsis of Oxford marmalade.

Derived terms

• saddle oxford

Translations

type of shoe — see Oxford shoe

dictionary

Finnish: Oxfordin sanakirja

See also

• Cambridge

References

• “Oxford, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2022.

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Catalan

Proper noun

Oxford m

1. Oxford (a city in England)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Oxford.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoksford/, [ˈo̞ks̠fo̞rd]

Proper noun

Oxford

1. Oxford (any of the various localities or the Oxford University)

   Tyttäreni opiskelee Oxfordissa.

   My daughter is studying in Oxford.

Declension

Inflection of Oxford (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Oxford	—
genitive		Oxfordin	—
partitive		Oxfordia	—
illative		Oxfordiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Oxford	—
accusative	nom.	Oxford	—
	gen.	Oxfordin
genitive		Oxfordin	—
partitive		Oxfordia	—
inessive		Oxfordissa	—
elative		Oxfordista	—
illative		Oxfordiin	—
adessive		Oxfordilla	—
ablative		Oxfordilta	—
allative		Oxfordille	—
essive		Oxfordina	—
translative		Oxfordiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Oxforditta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Oxford (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Oxfordini	Oxfordimme
2nd person	Oxfordisi	Oxfordinne
3rd person	Oxfordinsa

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Oxford.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔk.sfɔrt/
• Rhymes: -ɔksfɔrt
• Syllabification: Ox‧ford

Proper noun

Oxford m inan

1. Oxford (a city in England)

Declension

Declension of Oxford

	singular
nominative	Oxford
genitive	Oxfordu
dative	Oxfordowi
accusative	Oxford
instrumental	Oxfordem
locative	Oxfordzie
vocative	Oxfordzie

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Oxford.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔksˈfɔɾ.d(ɨ)/ [ɔksˈfɔɾ.ð(ɨ)]

Proper noun

Oxford

1. Oxford (a city in England)

   Synonyms: Oxónia, Oxônia

2. Oxford (university)