axis

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-3, masculine) An axletree of wagon, car, chariot.
2. (declension-3, masculine) The North Pole.
3. (declension-3, masculine) The heavens or a region or clime of these.
4. (declension-3, masculine) A board, plank.

Sinonieme

aether

aethra

caelum

curriculum

currus

axon

currūs

carpentum

Vertalings

asse

Achse

eje

axle

eixo

axis

eix

essieu

as

axe

eksen

heaven

sky

ciel

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈak.sɪs]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-i-s, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”); see also Lithuanian ašis (“axle”), Russian ось (osʹ), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axis, axle, balance beam”), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axle”), Old High German ahsa (“axle”), Icelandic eax, öxull, öksull, Old English eaxl (whence English axle). Compare also Etruscan 𐌀𐌂𐌔𐌉 (Acsi, “the Axia gens”).