Phoenician

See also: Phœnician

English

Alternative forms

• Phœnician (obsolete)

Etymology

Attested as a noun in Middle English as phenicienes (only plural); from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix, “Phoenician”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, /fəˈniːʃ(ə)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fəˈniːʃən/
• Rhymes: -iːʃən, -ɪʃən

Adjective

Phoenician (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia.

Translations

of, from, or related to the country or civilization of Phoenicia

• Albanian: Finikas m
• Arabic: فِينِيقِيّ (fīnīqiyy)
• Armenian: փյունիկական (hy) (pʻyunikakan), փյունիկյան (hy) (pʻyunikyan)
• Basque: feniziar
• Belarusian: фінікі́йскі (finikíjski)
• Bulgarian: финикийски (finikijski)
• Catalan: fenici (ca)
• Czech: fénický
• Danish: fønikisk
• Dutch: Fenicisch (nl)
• Esperanto: fenicio
• Farefare: Feniko
• Finnish: foinikialainen (fi)
• French: phénicien (fr)
• German: phönizisch (de)
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍅𐌽𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fwnikisks)
• Hungarian: föníciai (hu)
• Irish: Féiníceach
• Italian: fenicio (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fønikisk

  Nynorsk: fønikisk

• Persian: فنیقی (fa) (feniqi)
• Polish: fenicki (pl)
• Portuguese: fenício (pt)
• Romanian: fenician (ro) m
• Russian: финики́йский (ru) (finikíjskij)
• Spanish: fenicio (es)
• Swedish: fenicisk (sv)
• Tajik: финиқӣ (finiqi)
• Turkish: Fenikeli (tr)
• Ukrainian: фінікі́йський (finikíjsʹkyj)

Proper noun

Phoenician

1. The Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia.

Translations

Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia

• Arabic: اللُّغَة الْفِينِيقِيَّة f (al-luḡa l-fīnīqiyya), الْفِينِيقِيَّة f (al-fīnīqiyya)
• Armenian: փյունիկերեն (hy) (pʻyunikeren)
• Basque: feniziera (eu)
• Catalan: fenici (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腓尼基語 / 腓尼基语 (féiníjīyǔ)

• Czech: féničtina (cs) f
• Dutch: Fenicisch (nl) n
• Farefare: fenikre
• Finnish: foinikia (fi), foinikian kieli
• French: phénicien (fr) m
• German: Phönizisch n
• Greek: Φοίνικας (el) m (Foínikas)
• Hebrew: פיניקית f (fīnīqīt)
• Hungarian: föníciai (hu)
• Irish: Féinícis f
• Persian: زبان فنیقی (zabân-e feniqi), فنیقی (fa) (feniqi)
• Polish: fenicki (pl) m
• Portuguese: fenício (pt) m
• Romanian: feniciană (ro) f
• Russian: финики́йский (ru) m (finikíjskij) (язы́к)
• Spanish: fenicio (es) m
• Swedish: feniciska (sv) c, puniska c
• Tajik: забони финиқӣ (zabon-i finiqi), финиқӣ (finiqi)
• Turkish: Fenikece (tr)
• Ukrainian: фінікі́йська мо́ва f (finikíjsʹka móva)

Noun

Phoenician (plural Phoenicians)

1. (historical) An inhabitant of Phoenicia (a country located on the shores of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean Sea around the year 1000 BCE).
2. An inhabitant of Phoenix, Arizona.
   • 2007 28 July–3 August, "Phoenix: Into the ashes: A city that once won prizes is now a crime-ridden mess", in The Economist, The Economist Newspaper Ltd, ISSN 0013-0613, volume 384, number 8539, page 33,

     Locals also moan that Phoenicians are becoming more antisocial.

Related terms

• Punic

Translations

inhabitant of Phoenicia

• Arabic: فِينِيقِيّ m (fīnīqiyy), فِينِيقِيَّة f (fīnīqiyya)
• Armenian: փյունիկեցի (pʻyunikecʻi)
• Belarusian: фінікі́ец m (finikíjec), фінікі́йка f (finikíjka)
• Bulgarian: финикиец m (finikiec)
• Catalan: fenici (ca) m, fenícia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腓尼基人 (féiníjīrén)

• Czech: Féničan m
• Dutch: Feniciër (nl) m, Phoeniciër m
• Farefare: fenika class 3/4
• Finnish: foinikialainen (fi)
• French: Phénicien (fr) m, Phénicienne (fr) f
• German: Phönizier (de) m, Phönizierin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: Φοῖνιξ m (Phoînix), Φοίνισσα f (Phoínissa)

• Hungarian: föníciai (hu)
• Irish: Féiníceach m
• Japanese: フェニキア人 (Fenikiajin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: føniker m

  Nynorsk: fønikar m

• Persian: فنیقی (fa) (feniqi)
• Polish: Fenicjanin (pl) m, Fenicjanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: fenício (pt) m
• Romanian: fenician (ro) m, feniciană (ro) f
• Russian: финики́ец (ru) m (finikíjec), финики́йка (ru) f (finikíjka), финикия́нин (ru) m (finikijánin), финикия́нка (ru) f (finikijánka)
• Spanish: fenicio (es) m
• Tajik: финиқӣ (finiqi)
• Turkish: Fenikeli (tr)
• Ukrainian: фінікі́єць m (finikíjecʹ), фінікі́йка f (finikíjka), фінікі́я́нин m (finikíjányn), фінікі́я́нка f (finikíjánka)

See also

• Phoenicianism
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Phoenician terms and Phoenician script
• Appendix:Phoenician Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Phoenician

Wikipedia articles:

• The ancient civilisation of Phoenicia, and its empire
• The Phoenician languages
• The Phoenician alphabet

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code phn (SIL)