Ajax

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/ === Etymology 1 === From Latin Aiāx, from Ancient Greek Αἴᾱς (Aíās). ==== Proper noun ==== Ajax (Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War. A town in Ontario, Canada. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. ==== Alternative forms ==== AJAX ==== Proper noun ==== Ajax (computing) A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Proper noun ==== Ajax A ghost town in Utah. An unincorporated community in South Dakota. An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. An unincorporated community in West Virginia. (soccer) The Amsterdam football club AFC Ajax Nickname of Aspen Mountain, a mountain in Pitkin County, Colorado. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === JAXA == Dutch == === Proper noun === Ajax m (soccer) AFC Ajax == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaːjaks/ === Proper noun === Ajax m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ajax' or Ajaxens or (with an article) Ajax, plural Ajaxe) (Greek mythology) Ajax === Proper noun === Ajax n (proper noun, strong, genitive Ajax' or (with an article) Ajax) ellipsis of Ajax Amsterdam (“football club”) == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Αἴᾱς (Aíās). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaj.jaːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.jaks] === Proper noun === Ajāx m (genitive Ajācis); third declension alternative form of Aiāx ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “Ajax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Ajax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Ajax m alternative form of Ájax