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/ɛks/
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
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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