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発音

• IPA: /ˈhɛks/, [ˈhɛks]
• 韻: -ɛks
• ハイフネーション: hex

語源 1

First attested about 1830, from Pennsylvania German hexe (“to practice witchcraft”), from German hexen (compare Hexe (“witch”)). The noun appeared later, in the 1850s. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål heks (“witch”) and Dutch heks (“witch”), Dutch beheksen (“to bewitch”), 古期英語 hægtesse (“witch, hag”). Doublet of hag.

動詞

hex (third-person singular simple present hexes, present participle hexing, simple past and past participle hexed)

1. (transitive) To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.

   Synonyms: bespell, jinx, spellbind; see also Thesaurus:enchant

名詞

hex (plural hexes)

1. An evil spell or curse.

   Synonyms: jinx, malediction

2. A witch.

   Synonyms: enchantress, sorceress, wizardess

   Hypernyms: spellcaster, thaumaturge; see also Thesaurus:magician

3. (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).

   Synonyms: enchantment, incantation, spell; see also Thesaurus:magic spell

派生語

語源 2

Short for hexadecimal.

名詞

hex (uncountable)

1. (computing, informal) Clipping of hexadecimal.

派生語

語源 3

Short for hexagon.

名詞

hex (plural hexes)

1. A hexagonal space on a game board.
2. (climbing) a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.

派生語

参考

• (climbing): nut

語源 4

Short for hexafluoride.

名詞

hex (plural hexes)

1. (chemistry) Clipping of uranium hexafluoride.

参照

アナグラム

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接頭辞

hex-

1. Alternative form of hexa-, usually used before a vowel.
2. (chemistry) Used for the digit six to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name.

   ‎un- (“1”) + ‎bi- (“2”) + ‎hex- (“6”) + ‎-ium (element suffix) → ‎unbihexium (“element 126”)

派生語

アナグラム

• exh