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x-system

x-system noun: a convention whereby Esperanto’s circumflex accents (ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, ŝ, ŭ) are replaced by an x after the non-diacriticked letter (cx, gx, hx, jx, sx, ux), for convenience of typing.

Noun

x-system (uncountable)

  1. A convention whereby Esperanto’s circumflex accents (ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, ŝ, ŭ) are replaced by an x after the non-diacriticked letter (cx, gx, hx, jx, sx, ux), for convenience of typing.

Origin of x-system

Calque of Esperanto x-sistemo.

Questions about x-system

What does x-system mean?
X-system means a convention whereby Esperanto’s circumflex accents (ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, ŝ, ŭ) are replaced by an x after the non-diacriticked letter (cx, gx, hx, jx, sx, ux), for convenience of typing.
What part of speech is x-system?
X-system is a noun.

Words near x-system in the dictionary

  1. X-sonas
  2. X-stool
  3. X-stools
  4. X-stretcher
  5. X-stretchers
  6. x-system
  7. X-talk
  8. X-trainer
  9. X-trainers
  10. X-tree
  11. X-trees

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