English

Pronunciation

• ăks, /æks/, /{ks/

  Rhymes: -æks

Noun

axe (axes)

1. a tool for felling trees or chopping wood consisting of a heavy metallic head flattened to a blade on one side, and which is attached to a usually wooden handle
2. an ancient weapon consisting of a metallic head that has one or two blades and a long handle

Alternative spellings

• ax

Translations

• Basque: haizkora
• Bulgarian: брадва f (1), секира f (1), топор m (1)
• Czech: sekera f
• Dutch: bijl m (1), hakbijl m (1)
• Finnish: kirves
• French: hache f
• German: Axt f (1,2), Streitaxt f (2)
• Ido: hakilo
• Indonesian: kampak , kapak
• Interlingua: hacha
• Italian: ascia f
• Japanese: 斧 (おの , ono)
• Korean: 도끼 (dokki)
• Polish: siekiera f
• Portuguese: machado m (1); acha f (2)
• Norwegian: øks f
• Russian: топор
• Spanish: hacha m
• Swedish: yxa
• Tupinambá: îy

Verb

to axe (axes, axed , axing )

1. to fell or chop with an axe
2. to terminate or reduce tremendously in a rough manner

   The government announced it's plans to axe public spending.

   The broadcaster axed the series because far less people than expected watched it.

French

Noun

axe

1. Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns.
2. Bar connecting parallel wheels of a kart , wagon, etc.

Translations

• English: axis (1); axle, axletree (2)
• Korean: 축 [軸] (chuk)
• Polish: oś f (1,2)
• Portuguese: eixo (1,2)

Interlingua

Noun

axe

1. Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns.
2. Bar connecting parallel wheels of a kart , wagon, etc.

Translations

• English: axis (1); axle, axletree (2)
• Korean: 축 [軸] (chuk)
• Polish: oś f (1,2)
• Portuguese: eixo (1,2)