fenício

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See also: fenicio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin phoenīcius (“phoenician”), from Phoenīcia (“Phoenicia”), from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē), from φοίνικι (phoíniki, “Phoenicians”), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo), from Egyptian fnḫw (fenekhu, “Canaanites, Syrians”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /feˈni.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /feˈni.sju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /feˈni.si.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /feˈni.sjo/

  • Hyphenation: fe‧ní‧ci‧o

Noun

fenício m (plural fenícios)

  1. (uncountable) Phoenician (language)
  2. Phoenician (person from Phoenicia)

Adjective

fenício (feminine fenícia, masculine plural fenícios, feminine plural fenícias, not comparable)

  1. Phoenician
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