tax

How to Split "tax" into Syllables

The word tax is divided into 1 syllables: tax. Understanding this syllable division is essential for correct pronunciation and spelling.

📝 Syllable Breakdown

• tax — 1st syllable

🔊 Pronunciation Guide

The phonetic transcription of tax:

• IPA: /tæks/

📖 Definitions

1. tax (countable and uncountable, plural taxes)
2. Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).

📚 Word Origin & History

Clipping of English Tamki with x as a placeholder. From Middle English taxe, from Middle French taxe, from Medieval Latin taxa, from Latin taxō (“to appraise, value, estimate; (medieval) to tax”). Doublet of task. Displaced native Old English gafol, which was also the word for “tribute” and “rent”. From Middle English taxen, from Anglo-Norman taxer (“to impose a tax”), from Latin taxāre (“to handle, to censure, to appraise, to compute”). Borrowed from Armenian թաղ (tʻ...

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• Correct pronunciation — Knowing syllable structure ensures accurate speech
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📊 Similar Words Comparison

Compare tax with related words to understand syllable patterns:

Word	Syllables	Division
tax	1	tax
Tuskegee	3	tu-ske-gee
TKO	1	tko
THC	1	thc
thatch	1	thatch

🔗 Related Words

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taxi, taxer, taxes, taxis, taxi's, taxing, taxman, taxmen.