coix

See also: Coix

English

Etymology

From New Latin coix, from Ancient Greek κόϊξ (kóïx, “doum palm”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.ɪks/, (rare) /ˈkɔɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

coix (countable and uncountable, plural coixes)

1. An East Asian grass (Coix lacryma-jobi), sometimes harvested as a cereal.

Derived terms

• coixseed

Anagrams

• oxic

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōxus, perhaps derived from coxa (“hip”). Compare Aragonese coixo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkoʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkojʃ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Adjective

coix (feminine coixa, masculine plural coixos, feminine plural coixes)

1. lame
2. wobbly (due to one leg being shorter)

Derived terms

• coixejar
• encoixir

References

• “coix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “coix”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “coix”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “coix” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόϊξ (kóïx).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈko.ɪks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.iks]

Noun

coix f (genitive coicis); third declension

1. a kind of Ethiopian palm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	coix	coicēs
genitive	coicis	coicum
dative	coicī	coicibus
accusative	coicem	coicēs
ablative	coice	coicibus
vocative	coix	coicēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Coix

References

• “coix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “coix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.