Phoenix

See also: phoenix, Phönix, phœnix, and Phœnix

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix, the date (fruit and tree)", "mythical bird).

Proper noun

Phoenix f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae date palms.

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References

English

Etymology

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiːnɪks/
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  • Rhymes: -iːnɪks

Proper noun

Phoenix

  1. (mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
  2. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
  3. (Greek mythology) A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus.
  4. A place name:
    1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. The capital city of Arizona, and the county seat of Maricopa County.
      2. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
      3. A village in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
      4. An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
      5. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
      6. An unincorporated community in Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan.
      7. An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
      8. A neighbourhood of Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
      9. A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
      10. A village in Oswego County, New York.
      11. A city in Jackson County, Oregon.
    2. A community in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
    3. A ghost town in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia, Canada.
    4. A town north-west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  5. (as "the Phoenix") A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
  6. A surname.
  7. A male given name
  8. A female given name

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Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Phoenix m

  1. (astronomy) Phoenix

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînix).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Phoenīx m sg (genitive Phoenīcis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) A companion of Achilles during the Trojan War.
  2. (New Latin) Phoenix (the capital city of Arizona, United States).

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Phoenīx
Genitive Phoenīcis
Dative Phoenīcī
Accusative Phoenīcem
Ablative Phoenīce
Vocative Phoenīx

References

  • Phoenix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Phoenix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Phoenix f

  1. Phoenix (a city, the state capital of Arizona, United States)

Spanish

Proper noun

Phoenix f

  1. Phoenix
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