fenix

See also: Fenix, fénix, fênix, Fénix, Fènix, and Fênix

Old English

Etymology

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian bnw (boinu, “grey heron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.niks/

Noun

fēnix m

1. (mythical bird) phoenix
2. date tree or palm

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fēnix	fēnixas
accusative	fēnix	fēnixas
genitive	fēnixes	fēnixa
dative	fēnixe	fēnixum

Related terms

• fingeræppel (“date”)

Descendants

• English: phoenix

References

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fēnix”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Etymology

Latin phoenix < Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix).

Noun

fenix oblique singular, m (oblique plural fenix, nominative singular fenix, nominative plural fenix)

1. phoenix (mythical bird)
   • c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 1106:

     Fenix cinc cenz anz vit & un poi plus, çeo dit

     A phoenix lives 500 years and a little bit more, it says

Descendants

• French: phénix

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French phénix, from Latin phoenix, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix).

Noun

fenix m (plural fenicși)

1. phoenix (mythical bird)

Declension

Declension of fenix

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fenix	fenixul		fenicși	fenicșii
genitive-dative	fenix	fenixului		fenicși	fenicșilor
vocative	fenixule			fenicșilor

Swedish

Alternative forms

• phænix

Etymology

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx).

Noun

fenix c

1. phoenix (mythical bird)

   Synonym: fenixfågel

Declension

Declension of fenix

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fenix	fenix
	definite	fenixen	fenixens
plural	indefinite	fenixar	fenixars
	definite	fenixarna	fenixarnas

Anagrams

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