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Danish
Prefix
eks-
- ex-, former
Derived terms
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ex-. Compare French é-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
eks-
- ex-, former
- eks- + edzo (“husband”) → eksedzo (“ex-husband”)
- eks- + ministro (“minister”) → eksministro (“former minister”)
- eks- + modo (“fashion”) → eksmoda (“old-fashioned”)
- Mi antaŭe renkontis mian eksdunganton ĉe la superbazaro. ― I saw my former employer at the supermarket earlier.
- castrated animal
- eks- + bovo (“head of cattle, bull, cow”) → eksbovo (“ox, bullock, steer”)
- eks- + virĉevalo (“stallion”) → eksvirĉevalo (“geliding”)
Derived terms
- eksa (“former”)
- eksigi (“to discharge, to remove”)
- eksiĝi (“to resign, to quit, to abdicate”)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch ex-, from French ex-, from Latin ex-, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵ-, *eǵs- (“out”), *eǵʰs.
Pronunciation
Prefix
èks
- ex-
Derived terms
Category Indonesian terms prefixed with eks- not found
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ex-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
eks-
- ex-
- eks- + mąż → eksmąż
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- eks- in Polish dictionaries at PWN