English

Noun

sax ‎(plural saxes)

1. (rare or obsolete) A knife; a sword; a dagger about 20 inches in length.
2. A slate-cutter's hammer; slate-ax.

Related terms

• Wessex
• Middlesex
• Essex
• Sussex
• saxie
• Saxon
• seax

Verb

sax ‎(third-person singular simple present saxes, present participle saxing, simple past and past participle saxed)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify.

Etymology 2

From saxophone. Distantly related to etymology one, as Adolphe Sax's surname is cognate to etymology one.

Noun

sax ‎(plural saxes)

1. Short form of saxophone.

Anagrams

• ASX

Aleut

Noun

sax

1. bird skin coat

Kurdish

Adjective

sax (comparative }}}, superlative }}})

1. alive
2. healthy
3. whole

Lojban

Rafsi

sax

1. rafsi of sarxe.

Scots

Numeral

sax

1. (cardinal) six

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫx (plural of sax), from Proto-Germanic *sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.

Pronunciation

Noun

sax c

1. a pair of scissors; shears
2. short of saxofon
3. a trap for animals

Declension

Related terms

• altsax
• björnsax
• bultsax
• fårsax
• häcksax
• kökssax
• ljussax
• nagelsax
• plåtsax
• rävsax
• saxa
• saxfiske
• saxning
• saxnäbb
• saxsektion
• saxskänkel
• saxskär
• saxsprint
• sysax
• tenorsax
• trädgårdssax
• ullsax

References

• sax in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)