ex

Etymology 1
From Latin ex.

Noun

 * 1) * 1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190
 * Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.
 * Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.

Translations

 * Arabic: إِكْس, إِكْس
 * Asturian:
 * Basque: ixa
 * Bengali: এক্স
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: Ix, Iks
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: kesa
 * Hindi: एक्स
 * Icelandic: ex
 * Ido:
 * Irish: eacs
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 엑스
 * Latin: ix, īx,
 * Malay: eks
 * Marathi: एक्स
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: экс ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: eks
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: iks
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Welsh: ecs

Etymology 2
From the fact that crossing something out often results in the shape of the letter.

Verb

 * 1) To delete; to cross out
 * 2)  To extinguish the life of.

Etymology 3
Standalone use of prefix.

Noun

 * 1)  A former partner or spouse, usually short for ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife or ex-husband.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ex
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אקס, אקסית
 * Icelandic: fyrrverandi
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: iarchéile, iarpháirtí, iarleannán
 * Italian:
 * Maori: o mua
 * Norwegian: eks
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: fostul
 * Russian: экс, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Adjective

 * 1) Ex-, former, previously but no longer.

Etymology 4
From ; originated as a telegraphic abbreviation.

Adjective

 * 1)  the place the train originated from or called at prior to the present location.

Usage notes

 * ex is always followed by a location and frequently preceded by a time or other identifier of the specific train. The time may be either the time it was scheduled to depart the given location or the time it was scheduled to pass the current location.
 * ‘’ex’’ can be used in biological taxonomy in identifying the author. See Author citation (botany).

Etymology 5
.

Adjective

 * 1)  expensive, dear

Noun

 * 1)  former partner

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)   former partner

Noun

 * 1)  former partner

Noun

 * 1)   former partner or spouse.

Noun

 * 1)  former partner

Noun

 * 1)   ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner

Noun

 * 1)  (ex-boyfriend, girlfriend)

Usage notes

 * Multiple Latin names for the letter, have been suggested. The most common are  or , , or a  , although there is some evidence which also supports such names for the letter as  and.

Synonyms

 * , īx

Etymology 2
From, from. Cognates include 🇨🇬 or, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Preposition

 * 1) out of, from

Usage notes

 * Sometimes apocopated with compensatory lengthening as . In cases where the following word begins with a vowel or h, only ex is used. Besides that, there are no rules for the use of either ē or ex, with both forms even used in the same sentence (e.g. "qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt”, Cicero, Republic 6, 14).

Etymology
From the preffix ', as in ex-namorado ("ex-boyfriend") or ex-'namorada'' ("ex-girlfriend").

Noun

 * 1)   an ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner

Adjective

 * 1) former, ex- (referring to a condition that has ended)

Usage notes

 * In many cases this is interchangeable with using ; for example, the former governor of a province could be called the or the.

According to the DRAE, the prefix is preferred for single words (excapitán - former captain), while ex is preferred for multiword terms (ex primera dama - former first lady)

Noun

 * 1)  ; ex-partner