ox

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Meaning

  1. An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
  2. Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɑks/
Etymology

From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उक्षन् (ukṣán).

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