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• General-American: /ˈɑks/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒks/
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(constellation): Semantic loan from Chinese 牛宿 (Niúxiù). : (surname): From ox, the animal. : (Oxford): Clipping

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 उ॒क्षन् (ukṣán).

Clipping of oxygen.

237 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: os — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Akkadian: 𒄞 — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Armenian: եզ (ez) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Old Armenian: եզն (ezn) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Asturian: güe — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Avar: оц (oc) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Azerbaijani: öküz — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Bashkir: үгеҙ (ügeź) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Basque: idi — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Belarusian: вол (vol) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Bulgarian: вол (vol) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Carpathian Rusyn: віл (vil) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Catalan: bou — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Chechen: сту (stu) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Chinese Mandarin: 公牛 (gōngniú) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Ngazidja Comorian: mfulwa mɓe — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Crimean Tatar: öküz — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Czech: vůl — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Dutch: os — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Egyptian: n:g-A-w-E1 (ngꜣw) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Egyptian: i-H-E1 (jḥ) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Estonian: härg — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Finnish: härkä — an adult castrated male of cattle
• French: bœuf — an adult castrated male of cattle
• North Frisian: Aus — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Gagauz: öküz — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Galician: boi — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Ge'ez: ሶር (sor) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• German: Ochse — an adult castrated male of cattle
• German: Ochs — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 (auhsa) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Greek: βόδι (vódi) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Haitian Creole: bèf — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Hebrew: שׁוֹר (šor) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Hindi: बैल (bail) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Hungarian: ökör — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Icelandic: uxi — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Indonesian: lembu — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Ingrian: härkä — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Ingrian: hällö — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Italian: bue — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Javanese: sapi — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Old Javanese: lĕmbu — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Kaingang: monh — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Kazakh: өгіз (ögız) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Kyrgyz: өгүз (ögüz) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Ladin: bo — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Latin: bōs — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Latvian: vērsis — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Lithuanian: jautis — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Livonian: ǟrga — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Lombard: bö — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Lombard: bœu — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Maltese: gendus — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Marathi: बैल (bail) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Middle English: oxe — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Mòcheno: ocks — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Mon: ဂၠဴကၟက် — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Mongolian: шар (šar) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Mongolian: шар үхэр (šar üxer) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Northern Altai: чар (čar) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Norwegian Bokmål: okse — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: okse — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Occitan: buòu — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Old Turkic: 𐰈𐰛𐰈𐰕 — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Oromo: sangaa — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Pali: goṇa — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Pannonian Rusyn: вол (vol) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Piedmontese: beu — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Polish: wół — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Portuguese: boi — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Romagnol: bo — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Romani: guruv — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Romanian: bou — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Russian: вол (vol) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Serbo-Croatian: во̑л — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Serbo-Croatian: во̑ — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Serbo-Croatian: vȏl — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Serbo-Croatian: vȏ — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Sherpa: གླང (glang) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Sicilian: voi — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Sidamo: hando — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Sikkimese: གླང (glang) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Slovak: vôl — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Slovene: vol — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Lower Sorbian: woł — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Upper Sorbian: woł — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Southern Altai: бука (buka) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Spanish: buey — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Sumerian: 𒄞 (GUD) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Swedish: oxe — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Tarifit: afunas — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Tibetan: གླང (glang) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Tigrinya: ብዕራይ (bəʿray) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Turkish: öküz — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Ottoman Turkish: اوكوز (öküz) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Ottoman Turkish: صیغير (sığır) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Turkmen: öküz — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Udi: ус (us) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Ukrainian: віл (vil) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Urdu: بَیل (bail) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Uzbek: hoʻkiz — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Vietnamese: bò đực thiến — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Walloon: boû — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Welsh: ych — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Yiddish: אָקס (oks) — an adult castrated male of cattle
• Afrikaans: os — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Afrikaans: bees — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Akan: nandwie (Abron) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Albanian: ka — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Southern Altai: ӧкӱс (öküs) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Southern Altai: бука (buka) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Amharic: በሬ (bäre) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Arabic: ثَوْر (ṯawr) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Armenian: եզ (ez) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Old Armenian: եզն (ezn) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Aromanian: bou — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Asturian: güe — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Azerbaijani: öküz — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Basque: idi — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Belarusian: вол (vol) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Belarusian: бык (byk) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Bulgarian: вол (vol) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Catalan: bou — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Cherokee: ᎦᏓᎵ (gadali) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Chinese Mandarin: 犉 (rún) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Chinese Mandarin: 牛 (niú) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Czech: vůl — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Dalmatian: bu — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Danish: okse — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Dutch: os — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Eshtehardi: گو (geow) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Esperanto: okso — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Estonian: härg — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Ewe: nyi — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Faroese: oksi — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Finnish: härkä — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Finnish: nauta — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• French: bœuf — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• North Frisian: oxse — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Friulian: bo — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Friulian: nemâl — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Galician: boi — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• German: Rind — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• German: Zugrind — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• German: Zugtier — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 (auhsa) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Greek: βόδι (vódi) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Haitian Creole: bèf — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Hebrew: שׁוֹר (šor) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Hindi: बैल (bail) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Hungarian: ökör — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Icelandic: uxi — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Indonesian: lembu — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Irish: damh — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Italian: bue — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Italian: bove — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Japanese: 去勢雄牛 (kyosei ōshi) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Karachay-Balkar: ёгюз (ögüz) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Kazakh: өгіз (ögız) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Northern Kurdish: ga — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Latgalian: vierss — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Latin: bōs — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Latin: armentum — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Latvian: vērsis — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Lithuanian: jautis — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Livonian: ǟrga — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Low German: Oss — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Lü: ᦷᦣ (ho) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Luxembourgish: Ochs — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Luxembourgish: Uess — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Macedonian: вол (vol) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Middle English: oxe — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Mòcheno: ocks — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Mongolian: үхэр (üxer) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Norwegian Bokmål: okse — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Norwegian Nynorsk: okse — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Nuosu: ꇌ (le) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Occitan: buòu — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Old Church Slavonic: волъ (volŭ) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Old East Slavic: волъ (volŭ) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Old Norse: oxi — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Old Norse: uxi — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Old Turkic: 𐰈𐰛𐰈𐰕 — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Iranian Persian: گاو (gâv) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Iranian Persian: وَرْزا (varzâ) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Iranian Persian: بَرْزَگاو (barzagâv) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Polish: wół — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Portuguese: boi — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Romanian: bou — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Romansh: bov — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Russian: вол (vol) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Russian: бык (byk) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Campidanese Sardinian: boi — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Sardinian: boe — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Scottish Gaelic: damh — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Serbo-Croatian: во̑л — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Serbo-Croatian: во̑ — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Serbo-Croatian: би̏к (bull) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Serbo-Croatian: vȏl — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Serbo-Croatian: vȏ — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Serbo-Croatian: bȉk — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Sicilian: voi — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Sicilian: jencu — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Slovak: vôl — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Slovene: vol — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Lower Sorbian: woł — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Upper Sorbian: woł — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Spanish: buey — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Spanish: toro — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Spanish: novillo — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Swahili: ngʼombe — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Swedish: oxe — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Tagalog: kapong baka — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Tajik: барзагов (barzagov) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Tamil: காளை (kāḷai) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Taos: mùoyaʼána — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Taos: tùluʼúna — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Telugu: ఎద్దు (eddu) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Thai: วัว (wuua) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Thai: โค (koo) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Tibetan: གླང (glang) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Tigrinya: ብዕራይ (bəʿray) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Tok Pisin: bulmakau — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Turkish: öküz — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Ottoman Turkish: اۊكۏز (öküz) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Ukrainian: віл (vil) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Ukrainian: бик (byk) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Urdu: بَیل (bail) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Uzbek: bizon — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Uzbek: buyvol — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Vietnamese: bò — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Volapük: hobub — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Võro: härg — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Welsh: ych — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Yiddish: אָקס (oks) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
• Zazaki: ga (diq) — any bovine animal used as a beast of burden