English

Noun

pix pl ‎(plural only)

1. (informal) Plural form of pic in the sense of "picture".
   • 1946, “Palisades Notes”, in The Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., ISSN 0006-2510, Volume 58, Number 37 (1946 September 14), page 82:

     Annual photo contest has brought in some pix by amateurs which are definitely in the professional category.

   • 1978, response to a letter to the editor, in American Motorcyclist, American Motorcyclist Association, ISSN 0277-9358, Volume 32, Number 2 (1978 February), page 4:

     Photo selection can be tricky with space limitations, Arthur, and we blew that one. Hope the Scott pix in our January issue made you feel better about this.

   • 2010, Lynn Powell, Framing Innocence: A Mother’s Photographs, a Prosecutor’s Zeal, and a Small Town’s Response, The New Press, ISBN 978-1-59558-551-6, pages 15–16:

     He nervously wrote down Amy’s instructions for what to say and how to behave if the police came back with a search warrant:

     • […]
     • take pix of damage afterward

2. Specifically, motion pictures; movies.

Etymology 2

Noun

pix ‎(plural pixes)

1. Alternative form of pyx

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pik- ‎(“resin”), from Proto-Indo-European *poy- ‎(“sap, juice”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πίσσα ‎(píssa, “pitch, tar”), Lithuanian pikis ‎(“pitch”), Latin pīnus ‎(“pine”). Cognate with fat. More at pine.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /piks/, [pɪks]

Noun

pix f ‎(genitive picis); third declension

1. pitch, tar

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• piceus

Descendants

References

• pix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PIX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Lojban

Rafsi

pix

1. rafsi of pinxe.

Romanian

Etymology

From English pick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piks/

Noun

pix n ‎(plural pixuri)

1. ballpoint pen

Declension

References

• pix in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2016