alx

Translingual

Etymology 1

From a (“atto-”) +‎ lx (“lux”).

Symbol

alx

1. (metrology) Symbol for attolux, an SI unit of illumination equal to 10⁻¹⁸ lux.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of English Amol with x as a placeholder.

Symbol

alx

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Amol.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Amol terms

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈalks]

Noun

alx f (genitive alcis); third declension

1. Medieval Latin form of alcēs and alcē (“elk; moose”)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	alx	alcēs
genitive	alcis	alcium
dative	alcī	alcibus
accusative	alcem	alcēs alcīs
ablative	alce	alcibus
vocative	alx	alcēs

References

• "alx", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “alx (genet. alcis) (germ.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 39/1

Anagrams

• lax