Phoenician

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/[1]
• (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 civilisation of Phoenicia

Albanian: Finikas m Arabic: فِينِيقِيّ‎ (fīnīqiyy) Armenian: փյունիկական (hy) (pʿyunikakan), փյունիկյան (hy) (pʿyunikyan) Basque: feniziar Bulgarian: финикийски (finikijski) Catalan: fenici (ca) Czech: fénický Danish: fønikisk Dutch: Fenicisch (nl) Esperanto: fenicio Farefare: feonik Finnish: foinikialainen (fi) French: phénicien (fr) German: phönizisch (de) Gothic: 𐍆𐍅𐌽𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fwnikisks) Hungarian: föníciai Irish: Féiníceach Italian: fenicio (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: fønikisk Nynorsk: fønikisk Polish: fenicki (pl) Portuguese: fenício (pt) Romanian: fenician (ro) m Russian: финики́йский (ru) (finikíjskij) Spanish: fenicio (es) Swedish: fenicisk (sv) Turkish: Fenikeli (tr)

Proper noun

Phoenician

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

Translations

Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia

Armenian: փյունիկերեն (hy) (pʿyunikeren) 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: feonikre, feonikne Finnish: foinikia (fi), foinikian kieli French: phénicien (fr) m German: Phönizisch n Greek: Φοίνικας (el) m (Foínikas) Hebrew: פיניקית‎ f (fīnīqīt) Hungarian: föníciai Irish: Féinícis f 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 Turkish: Fenikece (tr)

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

Armenian: փյունիկեցի (pʿyunikecʿi) 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: feonikga 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 Irish: Féiníceach m Japanese: フェニキア人 (Fenikiajin) Norwegian: Bokmål: føniker m Nynorsk: fønikar m 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 Turkish: Fenikeli (tr)

See also

• Phoenicianism
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Phoenician terms and Phoenician script

Wikipedia articles:

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

References

1. “Phoenician”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code phn (SIL)