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eponymous | x |

As an adjective eponymous

is of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

eponymous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named.
    • Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.
    Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.
    The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands.

    Related terms

    * (l)

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----