Ex — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband

a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛks/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɛks/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɛks/

1 syllable Say it as /ˈɛks/.

Examples

all his exes live in Texas
a suit of rather antique appearance
demode (or outmoded) attire

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

old-hat old-fashioned passee antique x demode passe outmoded X ex-wife ex-husband

Parts of Speech

noun	a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
noun	a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife “all his exes live in Texas”
noun	the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet
adjective	out of fashion “a suit of rather antique appearance”

Word Forms

old-fashionedness

noun

the property of being no longer fashionable

Around the World

Europe

🇷🇺Russian

бывший

мужчина, который раньше был мужем определенной женщины

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पूर्व

एक आदमी जो पहले एक निश्चित महिला का पति था

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রাক্তন

একজন পুরুষ যিনি পূর্বে একজন নির্দিষ্ট মহিলার স্বামী ছিলেন

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉదా

గతంలో ఒక నిర్దిష్ట స్త్రీకి భర్తగా ఉండే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

उदा

एक पुरुष जो पूर्वी एका विशिष्ट स्त्रीचा नवरा होता

🇮🇳Gujarati

દા.ત

એક માણસ જે અગાઉ ચોક્કસ સ્ત્રીનો પતિ હતો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉದಾ

ಹಿಂದೆ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ಮಹಿಳೆಯ ಪತಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഉദാ

മുമ്പ് ഒരു സ്ത്രീയുടെ ഭർത്താവായിരുന്ന ഒരു പുരുഷൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਾਬਕਾ

ਇੱਕ ਆਦਮੀ ਜੋ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਇੱਕ ਖਾਸ ਔਰਤ ਦਾ ਪਤੀ ਸੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

سابق

ایک آدمی جو پہلے کسی خاص عورت کا شوہر تھا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

前任

曾经是某个女人的丈夫的男人

🇯🇵Japanese

元

以前はある女性の夫だった男性

🇰🇷Korean

전-

이전에 어떤 여자의 남편이었던 남자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bán tại

một người đàn ông trước đây là chồng của một người phụ nữ nào đó

🇹🇭Thai

อดีต

ผู้ชายที่เคยเป็นสามีของผู้หญิงคนหนึ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

mantan

seorang laki-laki yang dulunya adalah suami seorang wanita tertentu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

🇮🇷Persian

سابق

مردی که قبلاً شوهر زن خاصی بود

🇹🇷Turkish

eski

önceden belli bir kadının kocası olan bir adam

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְשֶׁעָבַר

גבר שהיה בעבר בעלה של אישה מסוימת

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