pyx

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pɪks/
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• homophone: picks
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• homophone: pics
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• homophone: pix
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• rhymes with -ɪks
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The noun is derived from Late Middle English pix, pixe (“vessel for holding a host, pyx; hip bone socket, pyxis”) [and other forms], from Late Latin pyxis (“vessel for holding a host”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries; box holding sample coins for testing; hip bone socket; sailor's compass”), from Koine Greek πυξίς (puxís), Ancient Greek πῠξῐ́ς (pŭxĭ́s, “box; box or tablet made of boxwood; cylinder”), from πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “box tree; boxwood”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, suffix forming feminine nouns). Doublet of box, piseog, and pyxis. The verb is derived from the noun.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حق القربان المقدس (haqu alqurban almuqadas) — container used to hold the host
• Bulgarian: дарохранителница (darohranitelnica) — container used to hold the host
• Catalan: píxide — container used to hold the host
• Chinese Mandarin: 聖體盒 /圣体盒 (shèngtǐhé) — container used to hold the host
• Czech: pyxida — container used to hold the host
• Danish: pyxis — container used to hold the host
• Dutch: pyxis — container used to hold the host
• Finnish: öylättirasia — container used to hold the host
• French: pyxide — container used to hold the host
• French: custode — container used to hold the host
• West-Frisian: pyksis — container used to hold the host
• German: Pyxis — container used to hold the host
• German: Hostiendose — container used to hold the host
• Greek: αρτοφόριο (artofório) — container used to hold the host
• Indonesian: piksis — container used to hold the host
• Irish: bosca abhlainne — container used to hold the host
• Italian: pisside — container used to hold the host
• Japanese: 聖餅容器 (seiheiyōki) — container used to hold the host
• Korean: 성체함 (seongcheham) — container used to hold the host
• Latin: pyxis — container used to hold the host
• Polish: puszka — container used to hold the host
• Portuguese: cibório — container used to hold the host
• Portuguese: píxide — container used to hold the host
• Slovene: piksida — container used to hold the host
• Spanish: píxide — container used to hold the host
• Spanish: píxide litúrgico — container used to hold the host
• Swedish: pyxis — container used to hold the host
• Tamil: நற்கருணை சிமிழ் (naṟkaruṇai cimiḻ) — container used to hold the host
• Arabic: حقة القربان (hiqat alqurban) — box used in a mint to deposit sample coins for testing
• Polish: puszka — box used in a mint to deposit sample coins for testing