hapax

English

Noun

hapax (plural hapaxes)

1. Ellipsis of hapax legomenon.
   • 1993, Gilbert G. Bilezikian, Christianity 101: Your Guide to Eight Basic Christian Beliefs, →ISBN, page 19:

     Never build a doctrine on or draw a teaching from an unclear or debated hapax.

   • 1993, Mark W. Edwards, The Iliad: A Commentary, Volume V: Books 17-20, →ISBN, page 53:

     He includes tables which give the number and frequency of hapaxes in each Book, ...

   • 1999, Ingo Plago, Morphological Productivity: Structural Constraints in English Derivation, →ISBN, page 111:

     Most of the hapaxes featuring -ify and -ize are phonologically and semantically transparent, which indicates their status as productive formations.

   • 1999, David E. Orton, The Synoptic Problem and Q: Selected Studies from Novum Testamentum, →ISBN, page 194:

     There are 19000-odd words in his gospel, and 971 of these are hapaxes: there are 18000-odd words in Acts, and 943 are hapaxes.

Translations

hapax legomenon — see hapax legomenon

French

Alternative forms

• apax (rare)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅπαξ (hápax, “once”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.paks/

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• Rhymes: -aks

Noun

hapax m (plural hapax)

1. (linguistics, lexicography) hapax, hapax legomenon

Further reading

• “hapax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.