oxe

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === hox, nox, occe, ocxe, okse, ox, oxhe, oxse === Etymology === From Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔks(ə)/ === Noun === oxe (plural oxen) ox ==== Usage notes ==== The plurals oxes and exen are occasionally found. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Oxenford oxeherde oxtonge ==== Descendants ==== English: ox (see there for further descendants) Middle Scots: ox, hox, oix, oxe, oxxScots: ouse (either from Middle Scots *owse or rebuilt on the plural owsyn) ==== References ==== “oxe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === osh, oshi, oushi (Internet slang) === Etymology === Clipping of oxente. === Pronunciation === === Interjection === oxe! (Brazil) expresses surprise, dismay or admiration === Further reading === “oxe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish oxe, from Old Norse oxi, uxi, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”). === Noun === oxe c an ox (adult castrated male of cattle, typically used as a beast of burden) beef (meat from cattle, male and female – chiefly as a dish and in the names of some cuts of beef) Synonym: (beef, more generally) nötkött a bull (of cattle, reindeer, or moose) Synonym: (more common) tjur (chiefly in compounds) a bovine (member of the subfamily Bovinae) (astronomy, in the singular definite "oxen") Taurus (astrology) Taurus a Taurus (person born under the Taurus astrological sign) ==== Usage notes ==== Turns into ox- in compounds. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === stut tjur === References === oxe in Svensk ordbok (SO) oxe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) oxe in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) == Unami == === Verb === oxe (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive)) it is light ==== Related terms ==== òxehëmu òxeataès === References === Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “oxe”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project