Alexa

English

Etymology

• Alex +‎ -a. A feminine form of Alex.
• Short for Alexandra.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Proper noun

Alexa (plural Alexas)

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.

   1. female equivalent of Alex
   2. diminutive of Alexandra
   3. (computing) A speech recognition and intelligent personal assistant application developed by Amazon Inc.

      Coordinate term: Siri

French

Etymology

• Alex +‎ -a. A feminine form of Alex.
• Short for Alexandra.
• Derived from English Alexa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lɛk.sa/

Proper noun

Alexa f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek
   1. female equivalent of Alex
   2. diminutive of Alexandra

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Alexa f

1. a female given name

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alexa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈleksa/ [ʔɐˈlɛk.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -eksa
• Syllabification: A‧le‧xa

Proper noun

Alexa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ)

1. a female given name from English