# feniks
## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

feniks (plural fenikse)
* (mythology) phoenix
* (figuratively) a unique person; rara avis
* (figuratively) a replacement for something that has been destroyed or perished somehow, especially by fire

#### Synonyms

* (mythological bird): feniksvoël

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fɛˈniks]

### Noun

feniks m (definite feniksi)
* phoenix

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “feniks”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* Newmark, L. (1999) “feniks”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfeːnɪks/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

feniks m (plural feniksen, diminutive feniksje n)
* phoenix

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: feniks

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch feniks (“phoenix”), from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian bnw (boinu, “grey heron”). Doublet of foniks and funiks.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈfeniks/ [ˈfe.niks]
* Rhymes: -eniks
* Syllabification: fe‧niks

### Noun

feniks (plural feniks-feniks)
* phoenix:
** (mythology) a 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
** (mythology) a mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang

### Proper noun

feniks
* (astronomy) Phoenix: A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana

### Alternative forms

* foniks
* funiks

### Synonyms

* hong

### Further reading

* “feniks” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin phoenīx.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛ.ɲiks/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɲiks
* Syllabification: fe‧niks
* Homophone: Feniks

### Noun

feniks m animal
* (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)
* Phoenix (German breed of long-tailed chicken)
* date palm (any tree of the genus Phoenix)
    Synonym: daktylowiec

#### Declension
### Noun

feniks m inan
* (historical) phoenix (Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta)

#### Derived terms

* feniksowaty

#### Related terms

* Feniks

### 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: /fěːniks/
* Hyphenation: fe‧niks

### Noun

féniks m (Cyrillic spelling фе́никс)
* phoenix
    Synonym: žȃr-ptȉca

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /féːniks/

### Noun

fẹ̑niks m anim
* phoenix