phenomenon

Etymology
From, from , neuter present middle participle of.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1) A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
 * 2)  A knowable thing or event
 * 3) A kind or type of phenomenon
 * 4) Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
 * 5) A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
 * 6) A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
 * 7)  An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
 * 1) Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
 * 2) A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
 * 3) A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
 * 4)  An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
 * 1) A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
 * 2)  An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
 * 1)  An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
 * 1)  An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
 * 1)  An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).

Usage notes

 * The universal, common, modern spelling of this term is . Of the alternative forms listed above,, , and are etymologically consistent, retaining the αι diphthong from its Ancient Greek etymon ; in the case of the first two, it is in the Romanised form of the Latin  diphthong, whereas in the latter it is a direct transliteration of the original Ancient Greek. The form spelt with  has no etymological basis. All those alternative forms are pronounced identically with  and are archaic, except for , which sees some technical use in academia and is pronounced with an initial.
 * By far the most common and universally accepted plural form is the classical ; the Anglicised is also sometimes used. The plural form  is frequently used in the singular, and the singular form is sometimes used in the plural. Arising from this nonstandard use, the double plurals  and, as well as a form employing the greengrocer’s apostrophe —  — are also seen.

Translations

 * Arabic: ظَاهِرَة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: fenómenu
 * Bashkir: күренеш
 * Belarusian:, з'яўле́нне, фено́мен
 * Bikol Central: ngangalasan
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: fænomen, foreteelse
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: fenomeno
 * Faroese: fyribrigdi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფენომენი, მოვლენა, შემთხვევა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: fenomèn
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: javlenja
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: parādība
 * Macedonian: појава, феномен
 * Malay:
 * Maori: tītohunga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fenomen
 * Nynorsk: fenomen
 * Occitan:, fenomen
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по̏јава
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kababalaghan, penomeno
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: з'я́влення,, фено́мен
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bashkir: күренеш
 * Finnish:
 * Maori: tītohunga
 * Polish:
 * Thai:


 * Bashkir: күренеш
 * Finnish:
 * Thai:


 * Bashkir: күренеш
 * Finnish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: ғәжәп хәл/күренеш
 * Belarusian: фено́мен
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფენომენი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:, ឧប្បាទធម៌
 * Latvian: fenomens
 * Macedonian: појава, феномен
 * Manx: ard-yindys
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fenomen
 * Nynorsk: fenomen
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: необыкнове́нное явле́ние, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по̏јава
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: фено́мен
 * Vietnamese:


 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Macedonian: феномен
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Vietnamese: người phi thường, người kỳ lạ, vật phi thường, vật kỳ lạ, sự việc phi thường


 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: појава, феномен
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по̏јава
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: