feniks

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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

Noun

feniks m (definite feniksi)

  1. phoenix

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

feniks m (plural feniksen, diminutive feniksje n)

  1. phoenix

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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feniksy sense 1

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin phoenīx.

Pronunciation

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
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 (Cyrillic spelling фе́никс)

  1. phoenix
    Synonym: žȃr-ptȉca

Declension

Slovene

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix).

Pronunciation

Noun

fẹ̑niks m anim

  1. phoenix

Inflection

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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