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

Declension

Declension of fenix (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fēnix	fēnixas
accusative	fēnix	fēnixas
genitive	fēnixes	fēnixa
dative	fēnixe	fēnixum

Related terms

• fingeræppel (“date”)

Descendants

• English: phoenix

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fēnix”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Old French

Etymology

Latin phoenix < Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix).

Noun

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

1. phoenix (mythical bird)
   • circa 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

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Romanian

Etymology

French phénix < Latin phoenix < Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix).

Noun

fenix m (plural fenicși)

1. phoenix (mythical bird)

Declension

Declension of fenix

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fenix	fenixul	(niște) fenicși	fenicșii
genitive/dative	(unui) fenix	fenixului	(unor) fenicși	fenicșilor
vocative	fenixule		fenicșilor

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

fenix c

1. phoenix (mythical bird)

   Synonym: fenixfågel

Declension

Declension of fenix
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fenix	fenixen	fenixar	fenixarna
Genitive	fenix	fenixens	fenixars	fenixarnas

Anagrams

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