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"FELIX" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "happy", "prosperous", "to be lucky and successful". |
Date "FELIX" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
"FELIX" is a common misspelling or typo for: felid. |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Felix happy, the Roman procurator of Judea before whom Paul "reasoned" (Acts 24:25). He appears to have expected a bribe from Paul, and therefore had several interviews with him. The "worthy deeds" referred to in 24:2 was his clearing the country of banditti and impostors. At the end of a two years' term, Porcius Festus was appointed in the room of Felix (A.D. 60), who proceeded to Rome, and was there accused of cruelty and malversation of office by the Jews of Caesarea. The accusation was rendered nugatory by the influence of his brother Pallas with Nero. (See Josephus, Ant. xx. 8, 9.) Drusilla, the daughter of Herod Agrippa, having been induced by Felix to desert her husband, the king of Emesa, became his adulterous companion. She was seated beside him when Paul "reasoned" before the judge. When Felix gave place to Festus, being "willing to do the Jews a pleasure," he left Paul bound. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Felix a monk who listens to the singing of a milk-white bird for a thousand years, which seemed to him "but a single hour," so enchanted was he by the song. (Longfellow: The Golden Legend.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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It is subject to historical debate if Franco overplayed his hand demanding too much from Hitler for Spanish entry into the war, or if he deliberately stymied the German dictator.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Operation Felix."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
FELIX | English | Free-Electron Laser for Infrared EXcitation | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cause | Phrase: causa latet vis est notissima; felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. |
Prosperity | Chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune; donec eris felix multos numerabis amicos; felicitas multos habet amicos; felix se nescit amari; 'good luck go with thee'; nulli est homini perpetuum bonum. |
Rashness | Phrase: neck or nothing, the devil being in one; non semper temeritas est felix; paucis temeritas est bono multis malo. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: FELIX |
| English words defined with "FELIX": first, for the first time ♦ respectively ♦ severally ♦ To speak for Buncombe. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FELIX": Adoption Controversy, Apostles, where buried ♦ Candace ♦ Drusilla ♦ Festus, Porcius ♦ Hildesheim ♦ Isabelle ♦ Monk listening to a Bird ♦ Sheba, Symbols of Saints. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "FELIX": Fe-licify, Felicity. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "FELIX" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (Felix), Latin (blessed, favorable, fertile, fortunate, fruitful, happy, lucky, successful). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm sorry to hear that, Felix. (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Felix, the nut, that's who! (The Odd Couple; writing credit: Neil Simon) Ohhhh, Felix darling, some of her fans still don't think she goes to the bathroom! (S.O.B.; writing credit: Blake Edwards) My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni) Here's a tip Felix, Don't brush your teeth with a brick (Road to Avonlea; writing credit: Heather Conkie; Suzette Couture) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Felix si Otilia (1972) Julie Felix (1970) Die Gäste des Felix Hechinger (1967) Felix the Cat (1960) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Julius Caesar Baricellus in Medicina et Philos. Doctor. / Felix Paduan in. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Dr. Robert H. Felix. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Lieutenant Commander Maurice N. Wickendoll receives congratulations from Vice Admiral Felix B. Stump and Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air John F. Floberg, after making Coral Sea's 20,000th landing, 31 August 1950. Stewardsmen in the foreground are holding a cake baked and decorated in honor of the occasion. Credit: NAVY. |  | With Admiral Felix B. Stump on board the sunken USS Arizona (BB-39), at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 23 November 1953. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Cecil giving Felix the music lesson. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A Baltimore hint to Paris : the (W)right fashion for the fall / Felix Mahony. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Felix Mahony. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Felix M. Warburg, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rosen, Felix, Mr., and daughter, portrait photograph. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Justice Felix Frankfurter | Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | As sure as my name is Felix Tholomyes, I speak wisely. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Today, additional routes through new airline companies along with the current rehabilitation of the Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport of Abidjan are among positive factors helping increase the number of visitors in Abidjan, considered as a regional hub. Additional routes, extended capacity and other tourism programs all are designed to encouraged travel to Cote d'Ivoire. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Honduras | Felix Molina, who also gave testimony to the OAS Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, was one of those reporters. (references) |
Economic History | Chad | Felix Malloum, a southerner, as head of state. (references) |
Central African Republic | Ange Felix Patasse won a second-round victory in rescheduled elections held in October 1993, and was re-elected for another 6-year term in September 1999. (references) | |
Human Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | In December the Government tried Felix Kulov on charges of abuse of power when he was governor of Chui Oblast in the mid-1990's. (references) |
Honduras | In February the president of a farmers' cooperative, Felix Roque, was murdered in Selva Azul, Copan department, in the presence of his 12-year-old son. (references) | |
Haiti | In the evening, a gang led by Felix Bienaime "Don Fefe," the director of the Port-au-Prince cemetery and a reputed gang leader with FL connections, entered Fort Mercredi and began to loot, burn houses, and kill residents. (references) | |
Minorities | Cote d'Ivoire | In March 2000, due to the internal struggle in the Harrist Church, clergy leader Barthelemy Akre Yasse struck from the church rolls Harrist National Committee president Felix Tchotche Mel for insubordination. (references) |
Political Economy | Cote D'ivoire | The PDCI, founded by Felix Houphouet-Boigny, was the ruling party for 40 years until the coup. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Cte d'Ivoire under Felix Houphout-Boigny (president from independence until his death in December, 1993) maintained a close political alliance with the West. (references) | |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport in Abidjan is the main airport of Cte d'Ivoire. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "FELIX" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.30% of the time. "FELIX" is used about 426 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.3% | 423 | 13,476 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.7% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 426 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "FELIX" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Felix | First name Male | 58,000 | 259 |
| Felix | Last name | 12,000 | 1,031 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "FELIX" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "happy", "prosperous", "to be lucky and successful". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "FELIX." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Felicia | Female | Ancient Roman | Felix |
| Felix | Male | Ancient Roman | N/A |
| Felix | Male | Biblical | N/A |
| Felix | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Feliu | Male | Catalan | Felix |
| Felicia | Female | English | Felix |
| Felix | Male | English | N/A |
| Félicie | Female | French | Felix |
| Félix | Male | French | Felix |
| Felix | Male | German | N/A |
| Felicia | Female | Hungarian | Felix |
| Felice | Male | Italian | Felix |
| Felicia | Female | Italian | Felix |
| Feliciano | Male | Italian | Felix |
| Szczesny | Male | Polish | Felix |
| Feliciano | Male | Portuguese | Felix |
| Felix | Male | Romanian | N/A |
| Feliciano | Male | Spanish | Felix |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "FELIX": donec eris felix multos numerabis amicos ♦ Felix Klein ♦ Felix Mendelssohn ♦ felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas ♦ felix se nescit amari ♦ Louis Eugene Felix Neel ♦ Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix ♦ non semper temeritas est felix. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "FELIX": Felix-hubert, felix-ited. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
felix the cat | 2,178 | felix gato | 17 |
felix | 364 | felix sanchez | 17 |
allyson felix | 205 | felix wong | 15 |
mendelssohn felix | 155 | felix pappalardi | 15 |
felix trinidad | 134 | cat da felix house | 15 |
maria felix | 125 | felix zoe | 15 |
felix vicious | 84 | felix gottwald | 15 |
felix da housecat | 64 | felix klein | 14 |
felix potvin | 43 | felix screen mates | 14 |
felix the cat picture | 40 | alyson felix | 14 |
arellano felix | 35 | felix mitchell | 14 |
felix leclerc | 32 | felix cat clock | 14 |
candela felix | 28 | felix chevrolet | 13 |
agent felix | 27 | baile felix hotel | 13 |
felix vallotton | 26 | cat felix screensaver | 13 |
felix cavaliere | 24 | felix rodriguez | 13 |
brazil felix wilfred | 20 | felix cat food | 12 |
felix el gato | 18 | allison felix | 12 |
de felix weldon | 18 | felix gray | 12 |
felix wankel | 17 | felix ortiz | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "FELIX"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
French | sérum antityphoïdique de Félix (Felix Vi serum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Felix. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elixfay Феликс. (various references) feliks. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 24, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | DietiaV de plhrwqeishV elaben diadocon o fhlix porkion fhston qelwn te caritaV kataqesqai toiV ioudaioiV o fhlix katelipen ton paulon dedemenon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Biennio autem expleto accepit successorem Felix Porcium Festum volens autem gratiam praestare Iudaeis Felix reliquit Paulum vinctum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne twei yeeris weren fillid, Felix took a successoure, Porcius Festus; and Felix wolde yyue grace to Jewis, and lefte Poul boundun. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But after two yeare Festus Porcius came into Felix roume. And Felix willinge to shewe ye Iewes a pleasure lefte Paul in preson bounde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But after two years Porcius Festus came as successor to Felix: and Felix willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 24, Verse 27 |
| Albanian | Por pas dy vjetësh, Feliksit ia zuri vendin Porc Festi; dhe Feliksi, duke dashur t'ua bëjë qejfin Judenjve, e la Palin në burg. |
| Cebuano | Apan sa paglabay na sa duha ka tuig, si Felix gipulihan ni Porcio Festo; ug kay gitinguha man niya ang pagpahimuot sa mga Judio, si Felix mipahawa nga nagbilin kang Pablo nga binilanggo lang gihapon. |
| Croatian | Nakon dvije godine dobi Feliks za nasljednika Porcija Festa. Hoteæi ugoditi Židovima, ostavi Feliks Pavla u okovima. |
| Danish | Men da to År vare forløbne, fik Feliks Porkius Festus til Efterfølger; og da Feliks vilde fortjene sig Tak af Jøderne, lod han Paulus blive tilbage i Lænker. |
| Dutch | Maar als twee jaren vervuld waren, kreeg Felix Porcius Festus in zijn plaats; en Felix, willende den Joden gunst bewijzen, liet Paulus gevangen. |
| Finnish | Mutta kahden vuoden kuluttua Porkius Festus tuli Feeliksin sijaan; ja kun Feeliks tavoitteli juutalaisten suosiota, jätti hän Paavalin kahleisiin. |
| French | Deux ans s`écoulèrent ainsi, et Félix eut pour successeur Porcius Festus. Dans le désir de plaire aux Juifs, Félix laissa Paul en prison. |
| German | Da aber zwei Jahre um waren, kam Porcius Festus an Felix Statt. Felix aber wollte den Juden eine Gunst erzeigen und ließ Paulus hinter sich gefangen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Setelah dua tahun, Perkius Festus menggantikan Feliks sebagai gubernur. Dan karena Feliks mau mengambil hati orang-orang Yahudi, ia membiarkan Paulus di dalam penjara. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi setelah genap dua tahun lamanya, maka Pelik itu pun digantikan oleh Porkius Pestus; maka sebab Pelik hendak mengambil hati orang Yahudi ditinggalkannya Paulus terbelenggu di dalam tahanan. |
| Maori | Otira, ka pahure nga tau e rua, ka whakakapia a Pirika e Porohia Petuha; a, i tona hiahia ki te whakamanawareka i nga Hurai, ka waiho e Pirika a Paora kia here ana. |
| Norwegian | Da to år var omme, fikk Feliks til eftermann Porcius Festus, og da Feliks gjerne vilde vinne takk av jødene, lot han Paulus bundet efter sig. |
| Rumanian | Doi ani au trecut astfel; wi kn locul lui Felix, a venit Porcius Festus. Felix a vrut sq facq pe placul Iudeilor, wi a lqsat pe Pavel kn temniyq. |
| Shuar | Tura nuyanka Jimiará Uwí nankaamasmatai Píriks akupin Náamkamu ajapnamiayi. Tura Chíkich aents, ni naari Pursiu Jistu akupin Náamkamiayi. Tura Pírikska, Israer-aents pénker Enentáimtursarat tusa wakerak, Páprun sepunam tuke ikiukmiayi. |
| Swahili | Baada ya miaka miwili, Porkio Festo alichukua nafasi ya Felisi, akawa mkuu wa Mkoa. Kwa kuwa alitaka kujipendekeza kwa Wayahudi, Felisi alimwacha Paulo kizuizini. |
| Swedish | När två år voro förlidna, fick Felix till efterträdare Porcius Festus. Och eftersom Felix ville göra judarna sig bevågna, lämnade han Paulus kvar i fängelset. |
| Uma | Feliks doko' ngala' nono-ra to Yahudi, toe pai' napelele' moto-i Paulus ratarungku' rompae kahae-na. Timpaliu rompae toe, Feliks rasampei, pai' Perkius Festus jadi' gubernur to bo'u. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"FELIX" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ellix, Fekih, felax, Feli, Felim, Feliu, felox, Femia, Filiz. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-x" | |
-1 letter: file, flex, ilex, lief, life. | |
-2 letters: elf, fie, fil, fix, lei, lex, lie. | |
-3 letters: ef, el, ex, if, li, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-x" | |
+1 letter: biflex. | |
+2 letters: fixable, fixedly, flaxier, flexile, flexing, flexion, foxlike. | |
+3 letters: flaxiest, flexible, flexibly, flexions, flextime, inflexed, influxes, prefixal. | |
+4 letters: affixable, effluxion, exemplify, exfoliate, flexitime, flextimes, inflexion, plexiform, reflexing, reflexion, reflexive, refluxing, sulfoxide. | |
+5 letters: circumflex, complexify, effluxions, exfoliated, exfoliates, flexitimes, fluoxetine, fraxinella, inflexible, inflexibly, inflexions, reflexions, reflexives, sulfoxides. | |
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