feniks

See also: Feniks

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Noun

feniks (plural fenikse)

  1. (mythology) phoenix
  2. (figuratively) a unique person; rara avis
  3. (figuratively) a replacement for something that has been destroyed or perished somehow, especially by fire

Synonyms

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɛˈniks]

Noun

feniks m (definite feniksi)

  1. phoenix

Declension

Declension of feniks
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative feniks feniksi feniksë feniksët
accusative feniksin
dative feniksi feniksit feniksëve feniksëve
ablative feniksësh

Further reading

  • feniks”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “feniks”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeːnɪks/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

feniks m (plural feniksen, diminutive feniksje n)

  1. phoenix

Descendants

  • Indonesian: feniks

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch feniks (phoenix), from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian bnw (boinu, grey heron). Doublet of foniks and funiks.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈfeniks/ [ˈfe.niks]
  • Rhymes: -eniks
  • Syllabification: fe‧niks

Noun

feniks (plural feniks-feniks)

  1. phoenix:
    1. (mythology) a mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes
    2. (mythology) a mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang

Proper noun

feniks

  1. (astronomy) Phoenix: A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana

Alternative forms

Synonyms

Further reading

Polish

feniks sense 1
feniks sense 2
feniks sense 3
feniksy sense 1

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin phoenīx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.ɲiks/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɲiks
  • Syllabification: fe‧niks
  • Homophone: Feniks

Noun

feniks m animal

  1. (Greek mythology) phoenix (mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun; it then arises anew from the ashes)
  2. Phoenix (German breed of long-tailed chicken)
  3. date palm (any tree of the genus Phoenix)
    Synonym: daktylowiec

Declension

Noun

feniks m inan

  1. (historical) phoenix (Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • feniksowaty
nouns

Further reading

  • feniks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • feniks in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • feniks in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fěːniks/
  • Hyphenation: fe‧niks

Noun

féniks m inan (Cyrillic spelling фе́никс)

  1. phoenix
    Synonym: žȃr-ptȉca

Declension

Declension of feniks
singular plural
nominative feniks feniksi
genitive feniksa feniksa
dative feniksu feniksima
accusative feniks fenikse
vocative fenikse feniksi
locative feniksu feniksima
instrumental feniksom feniksima

Slovene

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /féːniks/

Noun

fẹ̑niks m anim

  1. phoenix

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. féniks
gen. sing. féniksa
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
féniks féniksa féniksi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
féniksa féniksov féniksov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
féniksu féniksoma féniksom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
féniksa féniksa fénikse
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
féniksu féniksih féniksih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
féniksom féniksoma féniksi