Saxe

Meaning

Saxony (a state of Germany)

Concepts

Saxony

Saxe

Sachsen

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saks/

Etymology

From Middle French Saxe, an apparently semi-learned form which displaced Old French Saisunie, Sessoigne, etc., from Latin Saxōnia, perhaps after Medieval Latin Saxia or influenced by German Sachsen itself. Compare Middle French Saxone (“Saxony”).

Sentences

À son retour , il reçut la famille royale de Saxe , qui était venue le rejoindre .

On his return, he received the royal family of Saxony, who had come to join him.