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.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Arecaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Arecales - order; Arecaceae - family; Coryphoideae - subfamily; Phoeniceae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Arecaceae): Phoenix dactylifera - type species; for other species see Phoenix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Phoenix (palm) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phoenix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Phoenix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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

Derived terms

• Phoenix Park

Related terms

• (astronomy): Phoenicis

Translations

mythical firebird

• Ancient Greek: Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix)
• Czech: Fénix (cs) m
• Danish: Føniks c
• Dutch: feniks (nl), Phoenix (nl)
• Faroese: Føniks m
• Finnish: feeniks (fi)
• French: phénix (fr) m, phœnix (fr) m
• Georgian: ფენიქსი (peniksi)
• German: Phönix (de) m
• Hungarian: főnix (hu)
• Icelandic: Fönix (is) m
• Irish: Féinics m
• Japanese: 不死鳥 (ja) (Fushichō)
• Marathi: फीनिक्स (phīniksa)
• Norwegian: føniks (no) m
• Polish: Feniks (pl) m
• Portuguese: Fénix (pt) f (Portugal), Fênix (pt) f (Brazil)
• Russian: Фе́никс (ru) m (Féniks)
• Slovak: Fénix m
• Spanish: Fénix (es)
• Swedish: Fenix (sv)

constellation

• Afrikaans: Feniks
• Czech: Fénix (cs) m, souhvězdí Fénixe n
• Danish: Føniks
• Faroese: Føniks m
• Finnish: Feeniks
• French: Phénix (fr) m
• Georgian: ფენიქსი (peniksi)
• German: Phönix (de) m
• Icelandic: Fönix (is) m
• Irish: an Féinics m
• Japanese: 鳳凰座 (ja) (hōōza)
• Malay: Feniks
• Polish: Feniks (pl) m
• Portuguese: Fénix (pt) f (Portugal), Fênix (pt) f (Brazil)
• Russian: Фе́никс (ru) m (Féniks)
• Spanish: Phoenix (es)
• Swahili: Zoraki
• Swedish: Fenix (sv)

capital city of Arizona, United States

• Amharic: ፊኒክስ (finiks)
• Arabic: فينيكس (fīnīks)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鳳凰城／凤凰城 (fung⁶ wong⁴ sing⁶), 斐匿 (fei¹ nik⁶) (dated)

  Mandarin: 鳳凰城／凤凰城 (zh) (Fènghuángchéng), 菲尼克斯 (zh) (Fēiníkèsī)

• Danish: Phoenix
• Dutch: Phoenix (nl) n
• French: Phoenix (fr)
• Georgian: ფინიქსი (piniksi)
• German: Phoenix (de)
• Greek: Φοίνιξ (el) (Foínix)
• Inuktitut: ᐲᓂᒃᔅ (piiniks)
• Irish: Féinics m
• Japanese: フェニックス (ja) (Fenikkusu)
• Korean: 피닉스 (ko) (Pinikseu)
• Latin: Phoenix m
• Latvian: Fīniksa
• Lithuanian: Finiksas
• Marathi: फीनिक्स (phīniksa)
• Navajo: Hoozdo
• Norwegian: Phoenix
• Polish: Phoenix (pl)
• Portuguese: Phoenix (pt) f
• Russian: Фи́никс (ru) m (Fíniks)
• Scots: Phoenix
• Spanish: Phoenix (es) m, Fénix (es) m
• Swedish: Phoenix (sv)
• Turkish: Phoenix

nickname for Japan

• French: Phénix (fr)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Phoenix m

1. (astronomy) Phoenix

Latin

Alternative forms

• Phœnix

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰoe̯.niːks/, [ˈpʰoe̯niːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.niks/, [ˈfɛːniks]

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

Related terms

• Phoenīcia
• 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