Nix

== English == === Etymology 1 === Named after the mother of Charon, goddess of darkness and night. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /nɪks/ ==== Proper noun ==== Nix (astronomy) One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.) ===== Synonyms ===== (astronomy): Pluto III, S/2005 P 2, S/2005 P 2 (Nix), (134340) Pluto III, (134340) Pluto III Nix, Pluto III (Nix) ===== Derived terms ===== Nictian ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra === Etymology 2 === From Nick, diminutive of the given name Nicholas + patronymic suffix -s. ==== Proper noun ==== Nix A surname originating as a patronymic. === Etymology 3 === Clipping of Phoenix. ==== Proper noun ==== the Nix (soccer) Wellington Phoenix FC (a football club based in Wellington, New Zealand competing in the Australian A-League) === Anagrams === Xin == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Nix, after Nyx (“Greek goddess of night”), from Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnɪks] Rhymes: -ɪks Homophone: Nyx === Noun === Nix m inan (astronomy) Nix, a moon of Pluto [since 2006] ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German niches, nickes, from Old High German nihhus, nichus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-ō-s, from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɪks/ === Noun === Nix m (strong, genitive Nixes, plural Nixe, feminine Nixe) nix (water demon in human form that lures people into the water and drowns them) Synonyms: Nöck, Wassermann ==== Usage notes ==== the feminine Nixe is far more known. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Nixe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Nix” in Duden online “Nix” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Nyx === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Nyx, from Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Nix f (Greek mythology) Nyx (the primordial goddess of night) (astronomy) Nix (moon of Pluto) == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin Nyx, from Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈniɡs/ [ˈniɣ̞s] Rhymes: -iɡs Syllabification: Nix === Proper noun === Nix f (Greek mythology) Nyx == Turkish == === Proper noun === Nix (astronomy) Nix