axis

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

essieu

axe

ciel

char

charriot

Synonymes

aether

aethra

caelum

curriculum

currus

axon

currūs

carpentum

Traductions

asse

Achse

eje

axle

axis

eixo

eix

as

eksen

heaven

sky

perno

Himmel

άξονας

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈak.sɪs]

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).