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X

Words beginning with X in French are mostly foreignisms (Xérocopie) or classical coinages (xylophone); a few have made it into general usage.

x [pronounced iks]. An unspecified person or number. x temps "umpteen times," Madame X. l'X [student slang] "the École Polytechnique."

Sherry Aging in Barrels

xérès [ < Sp Jerez] "sherry."

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