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pinax

/ˈpɪnæks/

pinax noun: a tablet or register.

Noun

pinax (plural pinaces or pinakes)

  1. A tablet or register.
  2. (broadly) A list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.
    • Many of the lupus piscis I have seen, and have bin informed by the king's fishmonger they are taken on our coast, but was not satisfied for some reasons of his relation soe as to enter it into my Pinax […]1669, Christopher Merrett, letter to Thomas Browne

Forms of pinax

pluralpinaces
pluralpinakes

Origin of pinax

From Latin pinax, from Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, “tablet”).

Questions about pinax

What does pinax mean?
Pinax means a tablet or register.
What part of speech is pinax?
Pinax is a noun.
How do you pronounce pinax?
Pinax is pronounced /ˈpɪnæks/.
What is the plural of pinax?
The plural of pinax is pinaces.

Words near pinax in the dictionary

  1. pinates
  2. Pinatex
  3. pinatoro
  4. pinaverdol
  5. pinaverium
  6. pinax
  7. Pinay
  8. Pinays
  9. pinazepam
  10. pinback
  11. pinbacks

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