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-x¹

suffix

  1. morpheme Used to represent a value that may vary: see x. I teach all of the 30x classes.

-x²

  • /ks/

Where it comes from

The letter x is prototypically pronounced [ks] in English; it therefore serves as a convenient shorthand for the digraphs (cs, ks, etc.) or trigraphs (cks etc.) that would otherwise represent that consonant cluster.

suffix

  1. US, informal, morpheme Used to replace a /ks/ sound, especially in monosyllabic words ending in -cks or -ks. blax (“blacks”), clox (“clocks”), fax (“facts”), folx (“folks”), hax (“hacks”), pix (“pics”), punx (“punks”), shox (“shocks”), snax (“snacks”), sox (“socks”), stix (“sticks”), tix (“tickets”), trax (“tracks”)

-x³

suffix

  1. morpheme An abbreviation marker. Dx (“diagnosis”), elex (“election”), Hx (“history”), pax (“passenger”), RX (“receive”), TX (“transmit”)

-x⁴

Where it comes from

From the use of x as a neutral or nonspecific placeholder.

suffix

  1. morpheme, neologism Used to replace a gendered suffix. alumnx, Chicanx, Latinx

-X⁵

suffix

  1. abbreviation, morpheme Abbreviation of -cross

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Chicago

"-x." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-x.

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@misc{x_2026,
  title = {-x},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-x},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}