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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

fax

/fæks/

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What does fax mean?

noun

  1. The face.
  2. Ellipsis of fax machine (“the device for faxing; the medium of communication that it provides”).
  3. A document sent, or received and printed, by a fax machine.
More meanings (4)

verb

  1. To send a document by means of a fax machine.

noun

  1. (informal) Nonstandard form of facts.
  2. (obsolete) The hair of the head.

interjection

  1. (informal) Alternative form of facts (“used to express agreement”).

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IPA pronunciation

/fæks/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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A letter is better than a fax, a fax is better than a phone call, and a phone call is better than an e-mail.
United States1995 United States Congressional Address BookProject Gutenberg ebook #251
“Ubi mortifero jacta est fax ultima lecto, Uxorum fusis stat pia turba comis Et certamen habent lethi, quae viva sequatur Conjugium: pudor est non licuisse mori. Ardent victrices, et flammae pectora praebent, Imponuntque suis ora perusta viris.”
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600