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

• (mythological bird): feniksvoël

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/

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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

• foniks
• funiks

Synonyms

• hong

Further reading

• “feniks” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

feniks sense 1

feniks sense 2

feniks sense 3

feniksy sense 1

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin phoenīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ɲiks/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɲiks
• Syllabification: fe‧niks
• Homophone: Feniks

Noun

feniks m animal

2. (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)
4. Phoenix (German breed of long-tailed chicken)
6. date palm (any tree of the genus Phoenix)

   Synonym: daktylowiec

Declension

Declension of feniks

	singular	plural
nominative	feniks	feniksy
genitive	feniksa	feniksów
dative	feniksowi	feniksom
accusative	feniksa	feniksy
instrumental	feniksem	feniksami
locative	feniksie	feniksach
vocative	feniksie	feniksy

Noun

feniks m inan

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

Declension

Declension of feniks

	singular	plural
nominative	feniks	feniksy
genitive	feniksa	feniksów
dative	feniksowi	feniksom
accusative	feniks	feniksy
instrumental	feniksem	feniksami
locative	feniksie	feniksach
vocative	feniksie	feniksy

Derived terms

(adjectives):

• feniksowaty

Related terms

(nouns):

• Feniks

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 (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