X
A placeholder for an unknown, suppressed or hypothetical nameA placeholder for an unknown, suppressed or hypothetical name.
» Let's take an X-ray just in case.
Wir machen vorsichtshalber mal eine Röntgenaufnahme.
Давайте сделаем рентген на всякий случай.
Зробімо рентген на всяк випадок.
Meaning
5 sensesA placeholder for an unknown, suppressed or hypothetical name.
The woman known until now as Witness X has been unmasked after a court ruling.
Suppose that Mr and Mrs X have been married for many years.
A surname, used by those who have had their identity or heritage, including their proper ancestral names, erased or forgotten.
Malcolm X
An online social media network, formerly known as Twitter.
(informal)Christ
(Unix)The X Window System, a windowing system for bitmap displays commonly used in Unix-like systems.
Examples
142 sentencesLet's take an X-ray just in case.
Зробімо рентген на всяк випадок.
ruДавайте сделаем рентген на всякий случай.
deWir machen vorsichtshalber mal eine Röntgenaufnahme.
We have detected an abnormality on your x-ray.
ruМы обнаружили аномалию на вашей рентгенограмме.
deWir haben eine Auffälligkeit auf Ihrem Röntgenbild entdeckt.
X marks the spot.
The movie is X-rated.
Цей фільм - для дорослих.
I'd like you to have a chest X-ray.
Origin
Introduced by René Descartes in the context of mathematical notation, but has since wideneIntroduced by René Descartes in the context of mathematical notation, but has since widened to other contexts.
From Christ by abbreviation, orthographic borrowing from Ancient Greek Χ (Kh, letter chi), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”).
Named after its predecessor, the W Window System; X follows W in the Latin alphabet.
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3 patterns- x ray
- an x ray
- an an x