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発音

• (letter name): IPA: /ɛks/

韻: -ɛks

• (phoneme)
  • IPA: /ks/, /ɡz/, /kʃ/, /ɡʒ/
  • IPA: /z/, /ʃ/ (word-initially)

文字

x (lower case, upper case X, plural xs or x's)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.
2. Forming gender-neutral or otherwise more inclusive versions of words, especially Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.

   alumnx, Chicanx (Xicanx), Filipinx, Latinx, Mx, mxn, Tejanx, womxn

派生語

参考

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
• (gender): @, -x

形容詞

x (not comparable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of X (“intersex or non-binary (in passports and identification documents)”).

数詞

x

1. (sometimes humorous) An unknown or unspecified number of.

   Alternative form: X

   • 2016 February 22, Andrew Sparrow, “David Cameron's swipe at Boris Johnson in the Commons – verdict”, in The Guardian‎:

     David Cameron gives a Commons statement after every EU summit and normally they follow a predictable pattern; he says that he set out with X number of aims, and then he explains he has achieved all X of them (even if he hasn’t). The most interesting comments normally come in the exchanges with MPs.

   • 2016 May 19, Aaron Souppouris, “Why Google can't stop making messaging apps”, in Engadget‎:

     But chances are that Google will continue to float new ideas before eventually merging the best of them into a single, coherent application, as it did with Hangouts. And then it'll start the process again. In the meantime, Google will spend money developing x number of duplicate apps, and users will have to deal with a confusing mess of applications on their home screens.

派生語

接続詞

x

1. (fandom slang) Used between the names of two characters to denote a ship, particularly in anime, manga, and video games.
   • 1998 August 31, Greg Upchurch, “[Eva][Fanfic] Aright”, in rec.arts.anime.creative‎ (Usenet):

     If there is anyone in the audience who can't stand someone pushing a Shinji x Rei thing, I know you want to quit on this fic now.

   • 2002 July 7, Arnold Kim, “Re: Favorite couples??”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎ (Usenet):

     I'm a fairly big Angel x Buffy fan, though I'm not a particularly big fan of Angel. They just work well together, IMO.

   • 2003 April 29, sephigirl, “Re: [OT] Character selections was: Re: [POLL] Identification”, in alt.fan.utena‎ (Usenet):

     Tho' my doujinshi is a Cloud x Sephiroth - yes you read that right - Cloud's name is first. ^^!

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:x.
2. (music) Used in place of and in artist collaborations.

   Taska Black x DROELOE, Steve Aoki x Lauren Jauregui, etc.

参考

参考

• More information at X.

接尾辞

-x

1. Used to represent a value that may vary: see x.

   I teach all of the 30x classes. (referring to classes numbered 301, 302, 303, etc.)

語源 2

The letter x is prototypically pronounced [ks] in English; it therefore serves as a convenient shorthand for the digraphs (cs, ks, etc.) or trigraphs (cks etc.) that would otherwise represent that consonant cluster.

発音

• IPA: /ks/

接尾辞

-x

1. (chiefly US, informal) Used to replace a /ks/ sound, especially in monosyllabic words ending in -cks or -ks.

   blax (“blacks”), clox (“clocks”), fax (“facts”), folx (“folks”), hax (“hacks”), pix (“pics”), punx (“punks”), shox (“shocks”), snax (“snacks”), sox (“socks”), stix (“sticks”), tix (“tickets”), trax (“tracks”)

参考

• -z

語源 3

接尾辞

-x

1. An abbreviation marker.

   Dx (“diagnosis”), elex (“election”), Hx (“history”), pax (“passenger”), RX (“receive”), TX (“transmit”)

語源 4

From the use of x as a neutral or nonspecific placeholder.

接尾辞

-x

1. (neologism) Used to replace a gendered suffix.

   alumnx, Chicanx, Latinx

参考

• x

関連する語

• -x