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/ɛks/

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Translation

ex (former partner)

Word origin

A noun made from the prefix ex-, itself the Latin preposition ex ('out of, from'). It is a clipping of compounds like ex-mari and ex-femme, and it stays invariable in the plural.

Origin
Latin
Root
ex
English cognates
ex, exit, exclude

Grammar

Gendercommon
Pluralexirregular

Examples

Bordeaux.

My ex lives in Bordeaux now.

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She went out for a drink with her ex.

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They have stayed on good terms with their exes.

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Do not talk about your ex all evening.

C' l' soeur.

That is my sister's ex.

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This word is part of lesson 39.