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

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/
Audio (UK) (file)
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Rhymes: -iːnɪks

Proper noun

Phoenix

(mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
(astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
(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.
A place name:
1. The capital city of Arizona, United States and the county seat of Maricopa County.
2. A city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
(as "the Phoenix") A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
A surname.
A male given name
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
Irish: Féinics m
Japanese: 不死鳥 (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)
Swedish: Fenix (sv)

capital city of Arizona, United States

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

nickname for Japan

French: Phénix (fr)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Proper noun

Phoenix m

(astronomy) Phoenix

Latin

Alternative forms

Phœnix

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰoe̯.niːks/, [ˈpʰoe̯niːks̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.niks/, [ˈfɛːniks]

Proper noun

Phoenīx m sg (genitive Phoenīcis); third declension

(Greek mythology) A companion of Achilles during the Trojan War.
(New Latin) Phoenix (the capital city of Arizona)

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

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

Spanish

Proper noun

Phoenix f

Phoenix