boxen
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ɒksən
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle English boxen, replacing earlier bixen, from Old English byxen (“made of boxwood”), equivalent to box + -en.
==== Adjective ====
boxen (comparative more boxen, superlative most boxen)
Made of boxwood.
Resembling box (the wood).
=== Etymology 2 ===
From box (“computer”) + -en (archaic plural suffix), by analogy with VAXen and/or oxen.
==== Noun ====
boxen
(nonstandard, humorous) plural of box (“computer”)
===== Related terms =====
VAXen
=== References ===
=== Anagrams ===
Xbone
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbok.sən]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈbok.sen]
=== Verb ===
boxen
third-person plural present indicative of boxar
== German ==
=== Alternative forms ===
bocksen (obsolete)
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English box.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbɔksn̩/, /ˈbɔksən/
Rhymes: -ɔksn̩, -ɔksən
Homophone: bocksen
=== Verb ===
boxen (weak, third-person singular present boxt, past tense boxte, past participle geboxt, auxiliary haben)
to box (strike with the fists)
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“boxen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“boxen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“boxen” in Duden online
“boxen” in OpenThesaurus.de
== Luxembourgish ==
=== Verb ===
boxen (third-person singular present boxt, past participle geboxt, auxiliary verb hunn)
to box
==== Conjugation ====
== Swedish ==
=== Noun ===
boxen
definite singular of box