Ox

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /É‘ks/
• RP IPA: /É’ks/
• Rhymes: -É’ks

Origin

Old English oxa, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (compare Welsh ych 'ox', Tocharian A/B ops/okso 'draft-ox', Avestan (uxšan, "bull"), Sanskrit उक्षन्).

Full definition of ox

Noun

1. An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus)
2. Any bovine animal (tribe Bovini) used as a beast of burden

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