Meaning of -x | Babel Free
/ks/Definitions
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Used to represent a value that may vary: see x. morpheme
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Used to replace a /ks/ sound, especially in monosyllabic words ending in -cks or -ks. US, informal, morpheme
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An abbreviation marker. morpheme
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Used to replace a gendered suffix. morpheme, neologism
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Abbreviation of -cross. abbreviation, alt-of, morpheme
Examples
“I teach all of the 30x classes.”
“blax (“blacks”), clox (“clocks”), fax (“facts”), folx (“folks”), hax (“hacks”), pix (“pics”), punx (“punks”), snax (“snacks”), sox (“socks”), stix (“sticks”), tix (“tickets”), trax (“tracks”)”
“Dx (“diagnosis”), elex (“election”), Hx (“history”), pax (“passenger”), RX (“receive”), TX (“transmit”)”
“alumnx, Chicanx, Latinx”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.