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.

Concepten

as

handkar

hemel

lucht

spil

Synoniemen

aether

aethra

caelum

curriculum

currus

axon

currūs

carpentum

Vertalingen

Achse

asse

eje

axle

axis

eixo

eix

essieu

eksen

axe

heaven

sky

ciel

Himmel

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈak.sɪs]

Etymologie (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”).