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 – the 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;  - 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

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːnɪks/

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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. (placename) The capital city of the state of Arizona in the United States of America, and the county seat of Maricopa County.
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

Related terms

• (astronomy): Phoenicis

Translations

mythical firebird

• Ancient Greek: Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix)
• Czech: Fénix (cs) m
• Danish: Føniks c
• 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
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• Irish: Féinics m
• Japanese: 不死鳥 (Fushichō)
• Marathi: फीनिक्स (Fīniksa)
• Norwegian: føniks (no) m
• Polish: Feniks (pl) m
• Portuguese: Fénix 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
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• Irish: an Féinics m
• Japanese: 鳳凰座 (ja) (hōōza)
• Malay: Feniks
• Polish: Feniks (pl) m
• Portuguese: Fénix f (Portugal), Fênix (pt) f (Brazil)
• Russian: Фе́никс (ru) m (Féniks)
• Spanish: Phoenix (es)
• Swedish: Fenix (sv)

capital city of Arizona, United States

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鳳凰城／凤凰城 (fung⁶ wong⁴ sing⁴), 凤凰城 (fung⁶ wong⁴ sing⁶), 斐匿 (fei¹ nik⁶) (dated)

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

• Danish: Phoenix
• French: Phoenix (fr)
• Georgian: ფინიქსი (piniksi)
• German: Phoenix (de)
• Greek: Φοίνιξ (el) (Foínix)
• Irish: Féinics m
• Japanese: フェニックス (Fenikkusu)
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• Latvian: Fīniksa
• Lithuanian: Finiksas
• Marathi: फीनिक्स (Fīniksa)
• Navajo: Hoozdo
• Norwegian: Phoenix
• Polish: Phoenix (pl)
• Portuguese: Phoenix f
• Russian: Фи́никс (ru) m (Fíniks)
• Swedish: Phoenix (sv)
• Turkish: Phoenix

nickname for Japan

• French: Phénix (fr)
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Dutch

Proper noun

Phoenix m

1. (astronomy) Phoenix

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Phœnix

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Phoenīx m sg (genitive Phoenīcis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) A companion of Achilles during the Trojan War.

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.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Phoenix f

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