felis

Alternative forms

• feliz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish feliz, felix (“lucky”). Doublet of feliche.

Adjective

felis (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פ׳יליס)^[1]

1. happy (merry)

   Synonyms: afortunado, alegre, feliche, kontente

   Antonym: triste

2. lucky (fortunate)

   Synonyms: afortunado, mazalozo, mazaludo

   Antonym: desfortunado

References

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.lis/, [ˈfeːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.lis/, [ˈfɛːlis]

Noun

fēlis f

1. genitive singular of fēlēs

Noun

fēlis f (genitive fēlis); third declension

1. Alternative form of fēlēs

References

• “felis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• felis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• felis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “felis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Etymology

Akin to Old Norse fell, fjall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe.lis̠/

Noun

felis m

1. cliff
2. rock