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{{also|Axe|axé}}
==English==

===Etymology 1===
[[File:Accetta.jpg|thumb|An axe]]
From {{inh|en|enm|ax}}, {{m|enm|axe}}, {{m|enm|ex}}, from {{inh|en|ang|æx}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*akusi}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*akwisī}}, probably from a {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₂egʷsih₂|t=axe}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-|t=sharp, pointed}}. Compare {{cog|de|Axt}}, {{cog|nl|aks}}, {{cog|da|økse}}, {{cog|is|öxi}}, and also {{cog|la|ascia}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|ax||largely|_|US}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{enPR|ăks}}, {{IPA|en|/æks/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-axe.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|æks|s=1}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[tool]] for [[fell]]ing trees or [[chop]]ping wood etc. consisting of a heavy <!-- [[metallic]] (material is not essential, the axes used to be of stone in the stone age --> [[head]] [[flatten]]ed to a [[blade]] on one side, and a <!-- usually wooden (material is not essential) --> [[handle]] attached to it.
# An [[ancient]] [[weapon]] consisting of a <!-- [[metallic]] --> [[head]] that has one or two [[blade]]s and a long [[handle]].
# {{lb|en|informal}} A [[dismissal]] or [[rejection]].
#: {{syn|en|chop|pink slip|sack|boot}}
#: {{ux|en|His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the '''axe'''.}}
# {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[drastic]] [[reduction]] or [[cutback]].
#: {{co|en|the {{w|Beeching cuts|Beeching '''Axe'''}}}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1975|author=w:Bob Dylan|title=w:Tangled Up in Blue|album=Blood on the Tracks|passage=I had a job in the great North Woods / Workin' as a cook for a spell / But I never did like it all that much / And one day the '''axe''' just fell}}
#* {{quote-book|en
|year=1994
|author=Tony Scotland
|title=The Empty Throne: The Quest for an Imperial Heir in the People's Republic of China
|url=https://archive.org/details/emptythronequest00scot/
|publisher=w:Penguin Books
|ISBN=0-14-017869-4
|OCLC=221410579
|OL=7349476M
|page=103
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/emptythronequest00scot/page/103/
|text=But P'u-yi was nothing if not soft when it came to family, and he arranged for the young man to live with his uncle Beitzu P'u-hsiu in P'u-yi's old house in T'ien-ching. So Yü-t'ai was well clear of Ch'ang-ch'un when the '''axe''' fell in 1945.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2023 March 8|author=Howard Johnston|title=Was Marples the real railway wrecker?|journal=RAIL|issue=978|page=50|text=Back in 1963, how could Beeching advocate closure of the electrified Liverpool-Southport commuter route, just because its books didn't balance? The busy North London line between Richmond and Broad Street was also for the '''axe''', as was Leeds to Bradford and Ilkley.}}
# {{lb|en|slang|music}} A [[gig|gigging]] musician's particular instrument, especially a [[guitar]] in [[rock]] music or a [[saxophone]] in jazz.
# {{lb|en|finance}} A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling [[stock]], often with ulterior motives.
#: {{ux|en|A financial dealer has an '''axe''' in a stock that his buyers don't know about, giving him an advantage in making the most profit.}}

=====Usage notes=====
* In the United States, some spell the weapon ''axe'' and the tool ''ax'' to distinguish them, though most people use the same spelling for both senses.

=====Hyponyms=====
{{der3|en
|[[battle axe]], [[battleaxe]]
|Beeching Axe
|crash axe
|Dane axe
|fire axe
|hatchet
|Danish axe|Jeddart axe|Lochaber axe|tomahawk|throwing-axe|wagoner's axe
}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|axeblade|axeless|axelike|axemanship|axewoman|broadaxe|greataxe|poleaxe|tomax|have an axe to grind|Hagen axe|man with the axe
|axeman
|axe throwing
|axe head|axe murder|axe murderer|axe to grind|axe wound|axe-murder|axe-murderer|Bad Axe|battle-axe|boarding axe|break-axe|curtal-axe|curtle-axe|dagger-axe|give the axe|hand axe|ice axe|ice-axe|mad as a meat axe|meat axe|moot-axe|pick-axe|pole-axe|take an axe to|throwing axe}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|tool}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Aari: {{tt|aiw|wókka}}
* Abaza: {{tt|abq|кӏвагъа}}
* Abkhaz: {{tt|ab|аиха}}
* Adyghe: {{tt|ady|отыч}}, {{tt|ady|обзэгъу}}, {{tt|ady|майтэ}}, {{tt|ady|ощы}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt|af|byl}}
* Ahom: {{tt|aho|𑜁𑜃𑜫}}
* Akkadian: {{tt|akk|𒍏𒄩𒍣𒅔|tr=ḫaṣṣinnu}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|sëpatë|f}}, {{tt+|sq|latë|f}}
* Amharic: {{tt|am|ፋስ}}
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|فَأْس|m}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|կացին}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|কুঠাৰ}}
* Asturian: {{tt|ast|hacha|f}}, {{tt|ast|hachu|m}}, {{tt|ast|azáu|m}}, {{tt|ast|azada|f}}, {{tt|ast|macháu|m}}, {{tt|ast|machada|f}}
* Avar: {{tt|av|гӏащтӏи}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|balta}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|балта}}
* Basque: {{tt|eu|aizkora}}
* Bavarian: {{t|bar|Ax}}, {{t|bar|Axt}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|сяке́ра|f}}, {{tt|be|тапо́р|m}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|কুঠার}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|कुल्हाड़ी}}
* Bikol Central: {{t|bcl|parakol}}
* Bonan: {{tt|peh|ge}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|bouc'hal|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|бра́два|f}}, {{tt+|bg|секи́ра|f}}, {{tt+|bg|топо́р|m}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ပုဆိန်}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{tt|rue|топі́р|m}}, {{tt|rue|балта|f}}, {{t|rue|фи́йса|f}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|destral|f}}, {{tt+|ca|atxa|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|wasay}}
* Chamicuro: {{tt|ccc|ame}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|диг}}
* Cheyenne: {{t|chy|hohkȯxe}}
* Chichewa: {{tt|ny|nkhwangwa}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|斧頭|tr=fu2 tau4-2}}
*: Dungan: {{tt|dng|футу}}
*: Hakka: {{tt|hak|斧頭|tr=pú-thèu}}
*: Hokkien: {{tt+|nan-hbl|斧頭|tr=pó͘-thâu / pú-thâu}}
*: Mandarin: {{qualifier|formal}} {{tt+|cmn|斧頭|tr=fǔtóu}}, {{tt+|cmn|斧|tr=fǔ}}, {{qualifier|informal}} {{tt+|cmn|斧子|tr=fǔzi}}
*: Northern Min: {{t|mnp|斧頭}}
*: Wu: {{tt|wuu|斧頭}}
*: Xiang: {{t|hsn|斧頭}}
* Chuukese: {{tt|chk|kouk}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|пуртӑ}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|bolik|m}}, {{t|kw|bool|f}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|balta}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|sekera|f}}
* Dalmatian: {{tt|dlm|sčor|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|økse|c}}
* Dargwa: {{tt|dar|барда}}
* Daur: {{tt|dta|sugw}}, {{tt|dta|topoor}}
* Dhivehi: {{tt|dv|ކޯރާޑި}}
* Dolgan: {{tt|dlg|һүгэ|tr=hüge}}
* Dongxiang: {{tt|sce|sugie}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|bijl|f}}, {{tt+|nl|hakbijl|f}}
* East Yugur: {{tt|yuy|süke}}
* Elfdalian: {{t|ovd|ökse|f}}
* Erzya: {{tt|myv|узере}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|hakilo}}, {{t|eo|toporo}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|kirves}}
* Evenki: {{tt|evn|сукэ}}
* Farefare: {{t|gur|lɩ-kãtɛ}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|øks|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kirves}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|hache|f}}, {{tt+|fr|cognée|f}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|manarie|?}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|machado|m}}, {{tt+|gl|machada|f}}, {{t+|gl|brosa|f}}
* Garo: {{tt|grt|ru-a}}
* Georgian: {{tt+|ka|ცული}}, {{tt+|ka|ნაჯახი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Axt|f}}
* Gothic: {{tt|got|𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|τσεκούρι|n}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|ἀξίνη|f}}
* Gujarati: {{tt|gu|કુહાડી|?}}
* Hausa: {{tt+|ha|gatari|m|alt=gā̀tarī}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|גַּרְזֶן|m|tr=garzen}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|wasay}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|कुल्हाड़ी|f}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|fejsze}}, {{tt+|hu|balta}}, {{tt+|hu|szekerce}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|öxi|f}}, {{tt|is|exi|f}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|hakilo}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|kapak}}
* Ingush: {{tt|inh|диг}}
* Interlingua: {{tt|ia|hacha}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|tua|f}}
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|biáil|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|ascia|f}}, {{tt+|it|accetta|f}}, {{tt+|it|scure}}, {{tt+|it|mannaia|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|斧|tr=おの, ono}}, {{tt+|ja|アックス|tr=akkusu}}
* Kabardian: {{tt+|kbd|джыдэ}}
* Kalmyk: {{tt|xal|сүк}}, {{t|xal|балт}}
* Kambaata: {{t|ktb|misaanita}}
* Kanakanabu: {{t|xnb|kakaamarʉ}}
* Kannada: {{tt+|kn|ಕೊಡ್ಲಿ}}, {{tt+|kn|ಕುಠಾರ}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|palakul}}
* Karachay-Balkar: {{tt|krc|балта|tr=balta}}
* Karelian: {{tt|krl|kirves}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|балта}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|ពូថៅ}}
* Kikuyu: {{t|ki|ithanwa|c5}}
* Kitembo: {{t|tbt|mbaha}}
* Komi-Permyak: {{tt|koi|чер}}
* Komi-Zyrian: {{t|kpv|чер}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|도끼}}
* Kumyk: {{tt|kum|балта|tr=balta}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|تەور}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|balte}}, {{t+|kmr|bivir|m}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|балта}}
* Ladino:
*: Hebrew: {{tt|lad|באלטה|f}}
*: Latin: {{tt|lad|balta|f}}
* Lak: {{tt|lbe|рикӏ}}
* Lao: {{tt+|lo|ຂວານ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|ciervs|m}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|ascia|f}}, {{tt|la|secūris|f}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|cirvis|m}}
* Lezgi: {{tt|lez|якӏв}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt|lt|kirvis|?}}
* Low German: {{tt|nds|Ax|?}}, {{tt|nds|Äx|?}}, {{tt|nds|Ex|?}}
* Lü: {{tt|khb|ᦧᦱᧃ}}, {{tt|khb|ᦃᦱᧃ}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|секира|f}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|kapak}}
* Malayalam: {{tt+|ml|കോടാലി}}, {{t+|ml|മഴു}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|mannara|f}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠰᡠᡥᡝ}}
* Mangghuer: {{tt|mjg-mgr|suguo}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|teigh}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|toki}}
* Mapudungun: {{tt|arn|toki}}
* Maranao: {{t|mrw|wasay}}
* Marathi: {{tt|mr|कुऱ्हाड|f}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{t|mhr|товар}}
*: Western Mari: {{t|mrj|тавар}}
* Middle English: {{tt|enm|ax}}
* Moksha: {{tt|mdf|узерь}}
* Mongghul: {{tt|mjg-mgl|sgo}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|сүх}}, {{t+|mn|балт}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|tsénił}}
* Nenets: {{tt|yrk|тубка|tr=tubka}}
* Nepali: {{tt|ne|बन्चरो}}
* Nganasan: {{tt|nio|тобәкәә|tr=tobĕkĕĕ}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{tt|zdj|soha}}
* Ngunawal: {{tt|xul|umbagong}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|hache|f}}
* Northern Mansi: {{t-check|mns-nor|са̄грап}} {{attention|mns-nor|check that this is Northern Mansi and not some other variety}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|øks|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|øks|f}}
* Nuosu: {{t|ii|ꃤꃀ}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|pigassa|f}}, {{tt+|oc|manaira|f}}, {{t+|oc|destral|f}}
* Odia: {{tt|or|କୁରାଢୀ}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|секꙑра|f}}, {{tt|cu|брадꙑ|f}}
* Old East Slavic: {{tt|orv|секꙑра|f}}, {{tt|orv|сокꙑра|f}}, {{tt|orv|топоръ|m}} {{qualifier|poleaxe}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|æx|f}}
* Old Norse: {{tt|non|øx|f}}
* Old Tupi: {{tt|tpw|îy}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|qottoo}}
* Osage: {{tt|osa|mą́ąhįspe}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|фӕрӕт}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|بالطه|tr=balta}}, {{t|ota|تبر|tr=teber}}, {{t|ota|مكشاح|tr=mikşah}}, {{t|ota|فاس|tr=fas}}
* Pashto: {{tt|ps|تبرګۍ|tr=tabargəy}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{tt+|prs|تَبَر}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{tt+|fa-ira|تَبَر}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt+|pdt|Biel|n}}, {{tt|pdt|Akjs|f}}
* Polabian: {{tt|pox|seťaŕă|f}}, {{t|pox|bordåińă|f}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|siekiera|f}}
* Pontic Greek: {{t|pnt|αξινάρ}}, {{t|pnt|παλτά}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|machado|m}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|k'acha}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|topor|n}}, {{tt+|ro|secure|f}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|sigir|f}}, {{tt|rm|siir|f}}, {{tt|rm|sagir|f}}, {{tt|rm|sieir|f}}, {{tt|rm|sgür|f}}, {{tt|rm|manera|?}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|топо́р|m}}, {{tt+|ru|колу́н|m}} {{qualifier|heavy}}, {{tt+|ru|секи́ра|f}} {{qualifier|pole-axe or a kind of weapon}}
* Sami:
*: Inari Sami: {{t|smn|ákšu}}
*: Kildin Sami: {{t|sjd|оа̄ккш|tr=ååkkš}}, {{t|sjd|оа̄ккшэ|tr=ååkkše}}
*: Northern Sami: {{t|se|ákšu}}
*: Skolt Sami: {{tt|sms|ähšš}}
*: Ter Sami: {{t|sjt|а̄ккша|tr=ākkša}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|परशु|m}}, {{tt+|sa|कुठार|m}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|destrale|?}}, {{tt|sc|bestrale|?}}, {{tt|sc|segura|?}}, {{tt|sc|segure|?}}, {{tt|sc|seguri|?}}
* Saterland Frisian: {{t|stq|Äkse|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|tuagh|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|сѐкира|f}}, {{tt|sh|сјѐкира|f}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|sèkira|f}}, {{tt+|sh|sjèkira|f}}
* Shan: {{tt+|shn|ၵႂၢၼ်}}
* Sicilian: {{tt|scn|sciunetta|f}}, {{tt+|scn|ascia|f}}, {{tt+|scn|cugnata|f}}
* Sidamo: {{t|sid|meesane}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt|si|පොරොව}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|sekera|f}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|sekira|f}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|малта}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|hacha|f}}, {{t+|es|facha|f}} {{qualifier|disused}}, {{t|es|segureja|f}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{tt|srn|beiri}}
* Sudovian: {{tt|xsv|bīla|f}}
* Svan: {{tt|sva|კა̄და}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|shoka|c5|c6}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|yxa|c}}
* Tabasaran: {{tt|tab|екӏв}}
* Tagalog: {{tt|tl|palakol}}
* Tai Dam: {{tt|blt|ꪄꪫꪱꪙ}}
* Tajik: {{tt|tg|табар}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|கோடரி}}
* Taos: {{tt|twf|kwóna}}
* Tat: {{tt|ttt|тэвэр}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|балта}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|గొడ్డలి}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|ขวาน}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|སྟ་རེ}}
* Tigrinya: {{tt+|ti|ፋስ}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|peret}}
* Tok Pisin: {{tt|tpi|akis}}, {{tt|tpi|tamiok}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|balta}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|palta}}
* Udmurt: {{t|udm|тӥр}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|соки́ра|f}}, {{tt+|uk|колу́н|m}} {{qualifier|heavy}}, {{tt|uk|топі́р|m}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|کُلْہاڑی|f}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|پالتا}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|bolta}}
* Venetan: {{tt|vec|sigureto|m}}, {{tt|vec|daldoro|m}}, {{tt|vec|asa|f}}, {{tt|vec|daldora|f}}, {{tt|vec|manara|f}}, {{tt|vec|manera|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|rìu}}
* Vilamovian: {{tt|wym|ba̐jł|n}}
* Wauja: {{tt|wau|e'pi}}
* Welsh: {{tt|cy|bwyell|f}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|bile|?}}
* White Hmong: {{tt|mww|taus}}
* Xhosa: {{tt|xh|izembe|c5|c6}}
* Yakut: {{tt|sah|сүгэ}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|האַק|f}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|torzin|m}}, {{t|zza|tewerzin|m}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|fouj}}
* Zulu: {{tt|zu|imbazo|?}}
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* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|thadër|f}}, {{tt+|sq|sëpatë|f}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|կացին}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|балта}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|бра́два|f}}, {{tt+|bg|секи́ра|f}}, {{tt+|bg|топо́р|m}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|destral|f}}, {{tt+|ca|atxa|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{qualifier|formal}} {{tt+|cmn|斧頭|tr=fǔtóu}}, {{tt+|cmn|斧|tr=fǔ}}, {{qualifier|informal}} {{tt+|cmn|斧子|tr=fǔzi}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|sekera|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|økse|c}}, {{tt|da|stridsøkse|c}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|bijl|f}}, {{tt+|nl|strijdbijl|f}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|kirves}}, {{tt+|et|sõjakirves}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|tappara}}, {{tt+|fi|kirves}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|hache|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|machado|m}}
* Georgian: {{tt+|ka|ცული}}, {{tt+|ka|ნაჯახი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Streitaxt|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|πέλεκυς|m}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|πέλεκυς|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csatabárd}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|stríðsöxi|f}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|hakilo}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|kapak}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|tua|f}}
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|biáil|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|ascia|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|斧|tr=おの, ono}}, {{tt+|ja|アックス|tr=akkusu}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|도끼}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|secūris|f}}, {{tt|la|ascia|f}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|cirvis|m}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|mannara|f}}
* Ngarrindjeri: {{tt|nay|drekurmi}}
* Ngunawal: {{tt|xul|umbagong}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|hache|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|øks|m|f}}, {{tt|nb|stridsøks|m}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|destral|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|بالطه|tr=balta}}, {{t|ota|تبر|tr=teber}}, {{t|ota|فاس|tr=fas}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{tt+|fa-ira|تَبَرْزین}}
* Polabian: {{tt|pox|seťaŕă|f}}, {{t|pox|bordåińă|f}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|topór|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|machado|m}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|secure|f}}, {{tt+|ro|topor|n}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|топо́р|m}}, {{tt+|ru|секи́ра|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|tuagh|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|сјѐкира|f}}, {{tt|sh|сѐкира|f}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|sjèkira|f}}, {{tt+|sh|sèkira|f}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|sekira|f}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|hacha|f}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{tt|srn|beiri}}
* Sudovian: {{tt|xsv|romestuve|f}}, {{tt|xsv|kersle|f}} {{qualifier|twin-blade axe}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|shoka|c5|c6}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|yxa|c}}, {{tt+|sv|stridsyxa|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|топі́р|m}}, {{t+|uk|берди́ш|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|تَبَر|m}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|پالتا}}, {{tt|ug|ئايپالتا}}
* Welsh: {{tt|cy|bwyell|f}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|tewerzin|m}}
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{{trans-top|rejection}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|адмо́ва|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|о́тказ|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|potku|alt=potkut}}, {{tt+|fi|kenkä|alt=kenkää}} {{qualifier|from work}}; {{tt+|fi|rukkanen|alt=rukkaset}} {{qualifier|in love}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|couperet|m}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Korb|m}}, {{tt+|de|Laufpass|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|taglio|m}}, {{tt+|it|scarto|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|отка́з|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|shoka|c5|c6}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|відмо́ва|f}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|رەت قىلىش}}
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{{trans-top|instrument}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|gratte|f|lit=the scratch}}
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{{trans-top|finance: interest in buying or selling}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|myynti-intressi}} {{qualifier|interest to sell}}; {{tt|fi|ostointressi}} {{qualifier|interest to buy}}
}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->
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* Cherokee: {{t-check|chr|ᎦᎷᏯᏍᏘ}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|hacha}}
* Malayalam: {{t+check|ml|മഴു}}
* Maori: {{t-check|mi|toki}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|topor|n}}, {{t+check|ro|secure|f}}
* Tupinambá: {{t-check|tpn|îy}}
* Turkish: {{t+check|tr|balta}}
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=====See also=====
* {{l|en|adze}}
* {{l|en|hatchet}}
* {{l|en|twibill}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb|pres_ptc2=axeing}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[fell]] or [[chop]] with an [[#Noun|axe]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To [[lay off]], [[terminate]] or drastically [[reduce]], especially in a [[rough]] or [[ruthless]] manner; to [[cancel]].
#: {{syn|en|downsize|fire|lay off|Thesaurus:lay off}}
#: {{ux|en|The government announced its plans to '''axe''' public spending.}}
#: {{ux|en|The broadcaster '''axed''' the series because far fewer people than expected watched it.}}
#: {{ux|en|He got '''axed''' in the last round of firings.}}
#* {{quote-web|en
|author=Mark Sweney
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/12/mobile-world-congress-axed-coronavirus-fears
|date=2020-02-12
|work=The Guardian
|title=Mobile World Congress '''axed''' after firms quit over coronavirus fears
|passage=On Wednesday, GSMA, which organises the congress, was forced to admit it would have to '''axe''' this year’s event after more than 40 companies pulled out citing health and safety concerns.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2020 June 17|author=Philip Haigh|title=Capital for the capital to meet London's transport needs|journal=Rail|page=28|text=The Department for Transport '''axed''' TfL's central grant in 2015, when Boris Johnson was London mayor.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|fell or chop}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|baltalamaq}} {{qualifier|especially to kill with an axe}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|отсичам с брадва}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|porazit}} {{qualifier|to fell a tree}}, {{t|cs|osekávat}}, {{t|cs|otesávat}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|raiuma}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τσεκουρώνω}}, {{t+|el|πελεκώ}}, {{t+|el|κόβω}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|cirst}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|сүхдэх}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|بالطه‌لامق|tr=baltalamak}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|руби́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|поруби́ть|pf}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|shoka}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fälla}} {{qualifier|fell a tree}}; {{t+|sv|hugga}}, {{t+|sv|yxa}} {{qualifier|chop}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|baltalamak}}
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{{trans-top|terminate or reduce tremendously in a rough or ruthless manner}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|腰斩|tr=yāozhǎn}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|περικόπτω}}, {{t+|el|τσεκουρώνω}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|打ち切る|tr=uchikiru}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|shoka}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אונטערהאַקן}}
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===Etymology 2===

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|ax||US}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|archaic}} The [[axle]] of a [[wheel]].

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To furnish with an [[axle]].

===Etymology 3===
From {{der|en|ang|axian||ask}}; see {{m|en|ax}} for more.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|now|obsolete|outside|dialects|especially|AAVE}} {{alternative form of|en|ask}}
#* {{RQ:Tyndale NT|format=full|Matthew|7|7|folio=ix|passage='''Axe''' and it ſhalbe geven you. Seke and ye ſhall fynd / Knocke and it ſhalbe opened vnto you.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1904|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10735|author=Jr. John Fox|title=Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories|chapter=The Army of the Callahan|passage=I '''axe''' you—have I said one word about that little matter ''to-day''?}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=18 November 2013|isbn=9781480465251|url=https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/The_Detroit_Novels_Volume_One/3bT0AQAAQBAJ|author=Loren D. Estleman|title=Edsel, Stress, and Motown|series=The Detroit Novels|seriesvolume=I|page=140|passage=I '''axe''' him to sit down and drink some of my wine, but he says no thanks, he just come to '''axe''' me a question.}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|axe (disambiguation)}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aex|exa-}}

{{C|en|Tools|Weapons}}
{{cln|en|three-letter words}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|la|axis}}. Compare the inherited doublet {{doublet|fr|ais|notext=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-axe.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[axis]]
# [[axle]]

====Derived terms====
{{col3|fr|
|axe de rotation
|axe de symétrie
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|tr|aks|bor=1}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Galician==

===Etymology 1===
{{unk|gl}}. Cognate with {{cog|es|aje}}.<ref>{{R:es:DCECH|aje}}</ref>

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|gl|[ˈaʃɪ]}}

====Noun====
{{gl-noun|m}}

# [[ache]]
# [[affront]]
#: {{syn|gl|afronta}}

====References====
* {{R:gl:DDLG}}
* {{R:gl:TILG}}
* {{R:TLPGP}}
<references/>

===Etymology 2===

====Verb====
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-verb form of|axar}}
# {{gl-verb form of|axir}}

==Interlingua==

===Noun===
{{ia-noun}}

# An {{l|en|axis}}, a [[straight line|straight line]] that [[cross]]es the [[center]] of a [[body]] and around which it [[turn]]s.
# An {{l|en|axle}}, a [[bar]] connecting [[parallel]] [[wheel]]s of a [[kart]], [[wagon]], etc.

==Latin==

===Noun===
{{head|la|noun form}}

# {{inflection of|la|axis||abl|s}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|enm|ang|æx}}.

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|ax}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|enm|ang|ǣsce}}, from {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*aiskijǭ}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|as}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/aks/}}

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{lb|enm|rare}} An [[ask]] or [[demand]].

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|ask}} {{q|if not formed from the verb}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=axe |pos=n.(3) |id=MED3314 |accessdate=2018-04-24}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{inh|enm|ang|æsce}}.

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|asshe|t=burnt matter|id=burnt matter}}

===Etymology 4===
From {{inh|enm|ang|āscian}}.

====Verb====
{{head|enm|verb}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|axen|t=to ask|id=to ask}}
#* {{c.|1400}}, {{w|Geoffrey Chaucer}}, "{{w|The Knight's Tale}}", ''{{w|Canterbury Tales}}'' (Ellesmere [[MS]]), ll. 1346–52:
#*: {{quote|enm|NOw<!--sic--> [[lovers|loueres]] '''axe''' I now this question<br>Who hath the worse {{w|Palamon and Arcite|Arcite or Palamon}}?<br>That [[one|oon]] may seen his lady day by day<br>But in prison he [[must|moot]] [[dwell]]e [[always|alway]]<br>That o[[other]] [[where|wher]] [[him|hym]] list may ride or go<br>But seen his lady [[shall|shal]] he [[never|neuere]] [[more|mo]]}}

==Old English==

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|f}}

# {{alternative form of|ang|æsċe}}