See also: wachs and Wåchs

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From Middle High German wahs, from Old High German wahs, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą. Akin to Luxembourgish Wuess, Dutch was, English wax, Danish voks, Swedish vax.

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  • IPA(key): /vaks/
  • (file)

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Wachs n or (nonstandard) m (strong, genitive Wachses, plural Wachse)

  1. wax
  2. (ornithology) cere

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  • Russian: вакса (vaksa)
    • Armenian: վաքս (vakʻs), վակս (vaks)
    • Persian: واکس (vâks)

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Wachs n (plural Wachs)

  1. wax

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