Alexis

== English == === Etymology === From French Alexis, from Latin Alexis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈlɛks.ɪs/ Rhymes: -ɛksɪs === Proper noun === Alexis (plural Alexises) A male given name from Ancient Greek. 1877 W. S. Gilbert - Arthur Sullivan, The Sorcerer, Act I: To the maid of his choice, / With a heart palpitating, / Comes Alexis the brave. A female given name from Ancient Greek, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === lexias == French == === Etymology === From the Latin Alexius, a saint's name, from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.lɛk.si/ === Proper noun === Alexis m a male given name from Ancient Greek === Anagrams === exilas == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈɫɛk.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈlɛk.sis] === Proper noun === Alexis m sg (genitive Alexis or Alexidis); third declension a male given name from Ancient Greek ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, -in or -em, ablative singular in -ī or imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems), singular only. ==== Descendants ==== French: Alexis → English: Alexis Lombard: Alèse ==== See also ==== === References === “Alexis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈleɡsis/ [aˈleɣ̞.sis] Rhymes: -eɡsis Syllabification: A‧le‧xis === Proper noun === Alexis m a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexis