fénix

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.niks/

• Hyphenation: fé‧nix

Noun

fénix f (invariable)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of fênix.

Spanish

fénix [1]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix, “purple, crimson, phoenix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeniɡs/ [ˈfe.niɣ̞s]
• Rhymes: -eniɡs
• Syllabification: fé‧nix

Noun

fénix m (plural fénix)

1. (mythology) phoenix
2. Something or someone unique of its kind

Related terms

• fenice
• fenicio

 

Further reading

• “fénix”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014