Felix

See also: felix, FELIX, Félix, and Fêlix

English

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx (literally happy, lucky).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiːlɪks/
  • Rhymes: -iːlɪks

Proper noun

Felix

  1. A male given name.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, [], OCLC 964384981, Acts 24:24:
      And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
    • 2005 Marc Cerasini, etc, Operation Hell Gate, HarperEntertainment, →ISBN, page 134:
      Had a funny first name, like Oscar or maybe - no! I remember now. It was Felix. Felix Tanner.
  2. A generic name given to a cat.

Translations

Anagrams


Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Félix, from Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix

  1. a male given name

Czech

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛlɪks]
  • Rhymes: -ɪks
  • Hyphenation: Fe‧lix

Proper noun

Felix m anim

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Felix

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Felix

German

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Felix

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Felix

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛːlɪks/
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛːlɪxs/

Proper noun

Felix m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Felix

Declension


Latin

Etymology

From fēlīx (lucky, happy).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Fēlīx m (genitive Fēlīcis); third declension

  1. A Roman cognomen, later the name of early Christian saints.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Fēlīx
Genitive Fēlīcis
Dative Fēlīcī
Accusative Fēlīcem
Ablative Fēlīce
Vocative Fēlīx

References

  • Felix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Felix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Felix

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix c (genitive Felix)

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Felix
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