Phoenix
Translingual

Etymology
From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix, “the date (fruit and tree)", "mythical bird”).
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) Audio (US) (file) - 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:
- A number of places in the United States:
- The capital city of Arizona, and the county seat of Maricopa County.
- An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
- A village in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
- An unincorporated community in Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
- A neighbourhood of Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
- A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
- A village in Oswego County, New York.
- A city in Jackson County, Oregon.
- A community in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
- A ghost town in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia, Canada.
- A town north-west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- A number of places in the 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
Derived terms
Related terms
- (astronomy): Phoenicis
Translations
mythical firebird
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constellation
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capital city of Arizona, United States
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Latin
Alternative forms
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
- (Greek mythology) A companion of Achilles during the Trojan War.
- (New Latin) Phoenix (the capital city of Arizona, United States).
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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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.
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