axis

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

eix

cel

Sinònims

aether

aethra

caelum

curriculum

currus

axon

currūs

carpentum

Traduccions

asse

Achse

eje

axle

eixo

axis

essieu

as

heaven

axe

sky

eksen

assale

السماء

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈak.sɪs]

Etimologia (Anglès)

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”).