Felix

See also: felix, FELIX, Félix, Fèlix, and Fêlix

English

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːlɪks/
• Rhymes: -iːlɪks

Proper noun

Felix

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 24:24:

     And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

   • 2005 Marc Cerasini, etc, Operation Hell Gate, HarperEntertainment, →ISBN, page 134:

     Had a funny first name, like Oscar or maybe - no! I remember now. It was Felix. Felix Tanner.

2. A generic name given to a cat.

Related terms

• female given names: Felicia, Felicity

Translations

male given name

• Catalan: Fèlix (ca), Feliu (ca)
• Czech: Felix (cs)
• Danish: Felix
• Emilian: Flîs
• Esperanto: Felikso
• Estonian: Feliks
• French: Félix (fr)
• German: Felix (de)
• Greek: Φήλιξ (el) (Fílix)

  Ancient: Εὐτύχιος (Eutúkhios)

• Hungarian: Félix (hu)
• Indonesian: Felix
• Italian: Felice (it)
• Japanese: フェリックス (Ferikkusu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Felix m
• Leonese: Fliz
• Lombard: Filìs, Felis
• Norwegian: Felix (no)
• Occitan: Felitz m, Feliç m, Faliç m, Fèliç m
• Polish: Feliks (pl) m, Szczęsny (pl) m
• Portuguese: Félix (pt) m
• Russian: Фе́ликс (ru) m (Féliks)
• Spanish: Félix (es)
• Swedish: Felix (sv)
• Vietnamese: Fêlix

Anagrams

• exfil, flexi, flexi-

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Félix, from Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix

1. a male given name from Latin

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Czech

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛlɪks]
• Rhymes: -ɪks
• Hyphenation: Fe‧lix

Proper noun

Felix m anim

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

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German

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeːlɪks/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Fe‧lix

Proper noun

Felix

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːlɪks/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːlɪxs/

Proper noun

Felix m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

Declension

Declension of Felix
m-s1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Felix
accusative	Felix
dative	Felix
genitive	Felix

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Foelīx (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From fēlīx (“lucky, happy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.liːks/, [ˈfeːlʲiːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.liks/, [ˈfɛːliks]

• Audio (Classical):

  (file)

Proper noun

Fēlīx m sg (genitive Fēlīcis); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen, later the name of early Christian saints.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fēlīx
Genitive	Fēlīcis
Dative	Fēlīcī
Accusative	Fēlīcem
Ablative	Fēlīce
Vocative	Fēlīx

References

• “Felix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Felix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix c (genitive Felix)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

Related terms

• Felicia