axis – English noun declension

English noun forms of axis

Noun: axis
Singularaxis
Pluralaxes; axises

Sample Sentences

  • A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. [2012 March 26, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:]
  • The Earth rotates once a day on its axis
  • This Berlin-Madrid vertical line is not an obstacle but rather an axis around which can revolve all those European states with a will to collaboration and peace. [1936, November 1st, Francisco Franco, Bilbao Speech]

Nouns inflected like axis

axis,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *-os
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der.
5. Proto-Italic *aksis
6. Latin axisbor.
7. English axis
8. Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle, axis”) in the 16th century. Via Latin cognate with ala, aisle, atelier. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- cognate with inherited English axle and borrowed axo-, axon. See: Latin Nouns 'axis', English Nouns 'axle'.

Verbs referencing "axis"

English Nouns axle, Spanish Nouns eje, English Nouns aisle, Finnish Nouns aksis.