equis

equis f (plural equis)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.

From Proto-Italic [Term?], from pre-Italic *h₁é-kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís, *kʷos. See there for cognates.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.kʷɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.kʷis]

equis m (feminine equis, neuter equid)

1. (substantive interrogative pronoun) who, what

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.kʷiːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.kʷis]

equīs m

1. dative/ablative plural of equus (“horse”)

equīs f

1. dative/ablative plural of equa (“female horse”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈekis/ [ˈe.kis]

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• Rhymes: -ekis
• Syllabification: e‧quis

equis f (plural equis)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.

• “equis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “equis”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “equis”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019

• ekis

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish equis, the Spanish name of the letter X / x.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔekis/ [ˈʔɛː.xɪs]
• Rhymes: -ekis
• Syllabification: e‧quis

equis (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜒᜐ᜔)

1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter X/x, in the Abecedario

   Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) eks

2. (archaic) alternative form of ekis