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x

Pronunciation: /ɛks/

“x” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. The lowercase form of X, the twenty-fourth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by w and followed by y.
  2. The written representation of the sound /s/ word-initially before a vowel, and otherwise chiefly /ks/.
  3. A figure, shape, formation, object, or mark resembling the letter x.
  4. An unknown quantity to be determined, especially in an algebraic equation.
  5. An unknown or mysterious person.
  6. An unknown or unspecified place.
  7. Used with antall (“number”) to indicate an unknown or unspecified number.

Etymology

The lowercase form of X, ultimately from Latin X, through an Etruscan intermediary from a western Greek form of Χ (Kh, “chi”).

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