fenício

See also: fenicio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• phenício (obsolete)

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/ [feˈni.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /feˈni.sju/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈni.sju/

• Hyphenation: fe‧ní‧ci‧o

Noun

fenício m (plural fenícios)

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

Related terms

• Fenícia

Adjective

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

1. Phoenician