axe

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Ayerrerenge with x as a placeholder. === Symbol === axe (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ayerrerenge. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Ayerrerenge terms == English == === Pronunciation === enPR: ăks, IPA(key): /æks/ Rhymes: -æks Homophones: acts, ask (some dialects) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx (“axe”), from Proto-West Germanic *akusi (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī (“axe”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂ (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Cognate with Scots aix (“axe”), Dutch aks (“axe”), German Axt (“axe”), Danish økse (“axe”), Faroese and Norwegian øks (“axe”), Icelandic öxi (“axe”), Swedish yxa (“axe”), Latin ascia (“axe, mason's trowel”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ax (US) ==== Noun ==== axe (plural axes) A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle. (informal) A dismissal or rejection. Synonyms: chop, pink slip, sack, boot (figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback. (slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz. (finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives. ===== Usage notes ===== In the United States, some spell the weapon axe and the tool ax to distinguish them, though most people use the same spelling for both senses. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== adze hatchet twibill ==== Verb ==== axe (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing or axeing, simple past and past participle axed) (transitive) To fell or chop with an axe. (transitive, figurative) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel. Synonyms: downsize, fire, lay off; see also Thesaurus:lay off ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Derived from French axe, from Latin axis. ==== Alternative forms ==== ax (US) ==== Noun ==== axe (plural axes) (archaic) The axle of a wheel. ==== Verb ==== axe (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed) To furnish with an axle. === Etymology 3 === From Old English axian (“ask”); see ax for more. ==== Verb ==== axe (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed) (now obsolete outside dialects, especially African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask. === Further reading === axe (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === exa- == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin axis. Compare the inherited doublet ais. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aks/ === Noun === axe m (plural axes) axis axle ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: aks === Further reading === “axe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Etymology 1 === Unknown. Cognate with Spanish aje. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈaʃɪ] ==== Noun ==== axe m (plural axes) ache affront Synonym: afronta ==== References ==== Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “axe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “axe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “axe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== axe inflection of axar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative inflection of axir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Halkomelem == === Noun === axe alternative spelling of áx̱e === Source === X̱eʼthílemel. Kelésmes Halqʼeméylemqel: Halq'emeylem Christmas Word List 2022, p. 14. Agassiz, BC: Seabird Island Community School (2004). == Interlingua == === Noun === axe (plural axes) An axis, a straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns. An axle, a bar connecting parallel wheels of a kart, wagon, etc. == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈak.sɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈak.se] === Noun === axe ablative singular of axis == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== axe alternative form of ax === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== æxe (Early Middle English) ==== Noun ==== axe dative singular of ax === Etymology 3 === From Old English ǣsce, from Proto-Germanic *aiskijǭ. ==== Alternative forms ==== as ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /aks/ ==== Noun ==== axe (rare) An ask or demand. ===== Descendants ===== English: ask (if not formed from the verb) ===== References ===== “axe, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018. === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== axe alternative form of asshe (“burnt matter”) === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== axe alternative form of asken (“to ask”) c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Knight's Tale", Canterbury Tales (Ellesmere MS), ll. 1346–52: == Old English == === Noun === axe f alternative form of æsċe