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codex

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkəʊdɛks/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkoʊdɛks/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kō′deks)

Inflections of 'codex' (n): npl: codices

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
co•dex /ˈkoʊdɛks/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. co•di•ces 
    /ˈkoʊdəˌsiz, ˈkɑdə-/.USA pronunciation  
  1. Literaturea book of writing written by hand, usually of a classic or the Scriptures.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
co•dex  (kō′deks),USA pronunciation n., pl. co•di•ces 
    (kō′də sēz′, kod′ə-).USA pronunciation 
  1. Literaturea quire of manuscript pages held together by stitching: the earliest form of book, replacing the scrolls and wax tablets of earlier times.
  2. Literaturea manuscript volume, usually of an ancient classic or the Scriptures.
  3. [Archaic.]a code;
    book of statutes.
  • Latin cōdex, caudex tree-trunk, book (formed origin, originally from wooden tablets); compare code
  • 1575–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
codex /ˈkəʊdɛks/ n ( pl codices /ˈkəʊdɪˌsiːz; ˈkɒdɪ-/)
  1. a volume, in book form, of manuscripts of an ancient text
  2. obsolete a legal code
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin: tree trunk, wooden block, book
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