pix

Other forms of pix

plural

pixes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pix

What does pix mean?

pix means "a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pix?

pix has 1 syllable: pix. In IPA it is /ˈpɪks/.

What is another word for pix?

Close synonyms include pyx, pyx chest, pix chest, pyx. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pix a common word?

pix is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.