Meanings
ox1
ox2
nounox (uncountable)
alternative O · alternative O. · alternative OX · alternative Ox. · alternative Ox · alternative ox. · alternative OXY · alternative Oxy · alternative oxy · alternative oxy.
- abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of oxygen.
I'm super excited to be on the summit of K2! No Ox! (coughs) It was hard.
2020, Carla Perez, 42:40 from the start, in Breathtaking: K2 - The World's Most Dangerous Mountain | Eddie Bauer, YouTube, Eddie Bauer, archived from the original on 22 May 2020
Ox3
proper noun
- astronomyA Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
- The second of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- A surname.
- abbreviationclippingClipping of Oxford.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
nounAny bovine animal (genus Bos).
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nounany of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
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Origin
ox · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*uksḗn
- Proto-Germanic*uhsô
- Proto-West Germanic*ohsō
- Old Englishoxa
- Middle Englishoxe
- Englishox
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).
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Full word history & related roots →Ox · proper noun
- Chinese牛宿
- EnglishOx
(constellation): Semantic loan from Chinese 牛宿 (Niúxiù). : (surname): From ox, the animal. : (Oxford): Clipping
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans os, os
- osan adult castrated male of cattle
- osany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- beesany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Arabic ثَوْر
- ثَوْر (ṯawr)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Basque idi, idi
- idian adult castrated male of cattle
- idiany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Bulgarian вол, вол
- вол (vol)an adult castrated male of cattle
- вол (vol)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Catalan bou, bou
- bouan adult castrated male of cattle
- bouany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Chinese Mandarin 公牛, 犉
- 公牛 (gōngniú)an adult castrated male of cattle
- 犉 (rún)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- 牛 (niú)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Czech vůl, vůl
- vůlan adult castrated male of cattle
- vůlany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Danish okse
- okseany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Dutch os, os
- osan adult castrated male of cattle
- osany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Esperanto okso
- oksoany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Estonian härg, härg
- härgan adult castrated male of cattle
- härgany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Finnish härkä, härkä
- härkäan adult castrated male of cattle
- härkäany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- nautaany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
French bœuf, bœuf
- bœufan adult castrated male of cattle
- bœufany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
German Ochse, Rind
- Ochsean adult castrated male of cattle
- Rindany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- Zugrindany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- Zugtierany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Greek βόδι, βόδι
- βόδι (vódi)an adult castrated male of cattle
- βόδι (vódi)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Hebrew שׁוֹר, שׁוֹר
- שׁוֹר (šor)an adult castrated male of cattle
- שׁוֹר (šor)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Hindi बैल, बैल
- बैल (bail)an adult castrated male of cattle
- बैल (bail)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Hungarian ökör, ökör
- ököran adult castrated male of cattle
- ökörany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Icelandic uxi, uxi
- uxian adult castrated male of cattle
- uxiany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Indonesian lembu, lembu
- lembuan adult castrated male of cattle
- lembuany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Irish damh
- damhany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Italian bue, bue
- buean adult castrated male of cattle
- bueany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- boveany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Japanese 去勢雄牛
- 去勢雄牛 (kyosei ōshi)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Latin bōs, bōs
- bōsan adult castrated male of cattle
- bōsany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- armentumany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Latvian vērsis, vērsis
- vērsisan adult castrated male of cattle
- vērsisany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Lithuanian jautis, jautis
- jautisan adult castrated male of cattle
- jautisany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Norwegian Bokmål okse, okse
- oksean adult castrated male of cattle
- okseany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Polish wół, wół
- wółan adult castrated male of cattle
- wółany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Portuguese boi, boi
- boian adult castrated male of cattle
- boiany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Romanian bou, bou
- bouan adult castrated male of cattle
- bouany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Russian вол, вол
- вол (vol)an adult castrated male of cattle
- вол (vol)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- бык (byk)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Scottish Gaelic damh
- damhany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Slovak vôl, vôl
- vôlan adult castrated male of cattle
- vôlany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Spanish buey, buey
- bueyan adult castrated male of cattle
- bueyany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- toroany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- novilloany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Swahili ngʼombe
- ngʼombeany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Swedish oxe, oxe
- oxean adult castrated male of cattle
- oxeany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Tagalog kapong baka
- kapong bakaany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Tamil காளை
- காளை (kāḷai)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Thai วัว, โค
- วัว (wuua)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- โค (koo)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Turkish öküz, öküz
- öküzan adult castrated male of cattle
- öküzany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Ukrainian віл, віл
- віл (vil)an adult castrated male of cattle
- віл (vil)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
- бик (byk)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Urdu بَیل, بَیل
- بَیل (bail)an adult castrated male of cattle
- بَیل (bail)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Vietnamese bò đực thiến, bò
- bò đực thiếnan adult castrated male of cattle
- bòany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Welsh ych, ych
- ychan adult castrated male of cattle
- ychany bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Yiddish אָקס, אָקס
- אָקס (oks)an adult castrated male of cattle
- אָקס (oks)any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ox
foxstockscocksdocscoxsoxsocksdocksjockspoxoutboxphloxdoxproxBoxxbreadboxchicken poxdoxxolive boxoutfoxout of the boxswift fox
All rhymes →Sounds the same
auks (cot–caught merger)auks (cot–caught merger)
Cite this entry
APA
ox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ox
MLA
“ox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ox. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ox,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ox.
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