Meaning

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

    Ix, Iks

    эксeks, иксiks

    the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet

  2. (colloquial)A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband.

    My friend has an ex who now lives abroad.

    Her ex is still sending her flowers, even though she has moved on.

    Ex

    эксeks, бы́вшийbývšij, бы́вшаяbývšaja

Examples

620 sentences
  1. This is Mary, my ex-girlfriend.

    Це Мері, моя колишня дівчина. — deniko

    ruЭто Мэри — моя бывшая девушка. — odexed

  2. This is Tom, my ex-boyfriend.

    Це Том, мій колишній хлопець. — deniko

  3. Mary is still in love with her ex-boyfriend.

    Мері й досі закохана у свого колишнього. — deniko

  4. I loved my ex-wife, but I just couldn't live with her anymore.

    Я кохав свою колишню дружину, але я просто вже більше не міг із нею жити. — deniko

    ruЯ любил свою бывшую жену, но просто не мог больше с ней жить. — marafon

  5. Tom is back with his ex.

    Том знову зустрічається зі своєю колишнею. — deniko

    ruТом вернулся со своей бывшей. — Tale

    deTom ist wieder mit seiner Ex zusammen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
name of the letter X, x:
colloquial: former partner or spouse:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
name of the letter X, x:
colloquial: former partner or spouse:

Origin

From Latin ex. Standalone use of prefix ex-.

From Latin ex.

Standalone use of prefix ex-.

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Forms

plural: exes
Singularex
Pluralexes

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife:ex-wife
  • a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband:ex-husband
  • the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet:Xx

Collocations

12 patterns
  • ex wife
  • ex husband
  • ex boyfriend
  • ex girlfriend
  • an ex con
  • his ex wife
  • my ex girlfriend
  • an an ex
  • ex wives
  • my ex wife
  • ex con
  • his ex girlfriend

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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