German

Noun

Fax n ‎(genitive Fax, plural Faxe)

1. fax (machine)

Declension

English

Noun

fax ‎(usually uncountable, plural faxes)

1. (obsolete or Britain dialectal) The hair of the head.

Derived terms

• faxed
• Fairfax
• Halifax

Etymology 2

Clipping of facsimile, first attested 1979.

Noun

fax ‎(plural faxes)

1. A fax machine or a document received and printed by one.

Translations

Verb

fax ‎(third-person singular simple present faxes, present participle faxing, simple past and past participle faxed)

1. To send a document via a fax machine.

Translations

Czech

Noun

fax m

1. fax (document)
2. fax, fax machine

Declension

Related terms

• faxovat

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑks

Etymology

From English fax ‎(“a fax machine; to fax”).

Noun

fax m ‎(plural faxen, diminutive faxje n)

1. fax

Synonyms

• telefacsimile
• telefax

Verb

fax

1. first-person singular present indicative of faxen
2. imperative of faxen

Hungarian

Etymology

From English (tele)fax, from facsimile. ^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒks]

Noun

fax ‎(plural faxok)

1. fax

Declension

Derived terms

• faxol

(Compound words):

• faxkészülék
• faxkezelő
• faxpapír
• faxszám
• faxüzenet

References

1. ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faxs/
• IPA^(key): /faks/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fax ‎(“mane”) from Proto-Indo-European *poḱ-s-, from *peḱ- ‎(“to pluck”).

Noun

fax n ‎(genitive singular fax, nominative plural föx)

1. mane (of a horse)

Declension

See also

• makki

Etymology 2

From English fax, from facsimile, from Latin.

Noun

fax n ‎(genitive singular fax, nominative plural föx)

1. fax, telefax (document sent electronically and printed with a fax machine)

Declension

Latin

Etymology

Some connect this along with faciēs, facētus, focus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‎(“to shine”), whence Ancient Greek φαίνω ‎(phaínō, “to shine”). Weiss instead posits Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwak-, giving also Lithuanian žvakė ‎(“candle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /faks/

Noun

fax f ‎(genitive facis); third declension

1. torch, firebrand
2. fireball, comet
3. cause of ruin, incitement

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• facula

References

• fax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fax in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• FAX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• fax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fax in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Lojban

Rafsi

fax

1. rafsi of fraxu.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English fax.

Noun

fax m ‎(plural fax)

1. (Jersey) fax

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *poḱs-, from *peḱ- ‎(“to pluck”).

Noun

fax n

1. a mane

Declension

Descendants

• Faroese: faks
• Icelandic: fax
• Norwegian: faks

References

• fax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fax in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• FAX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fax in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from English fax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faks]

Noun

fax m inan

1. fax

Declension

Synonyms

• faks, telefaks, telefax

Portuguese

Noun

fax m (plural faxes or fax)

1. fax (document transmitted by telephone)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English fax.

Noun

fax m ‎(plural fax)

1. fax

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Homophone: facks

Noun

fax c, n

1. a fax (machine) c
2. a fax (document) n

Declension

Related terms

Synonyms

• telefax

References

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