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; 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

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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. 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.
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

• Irish: Féinics m
• Japanese: 不死鳥 (Fushichō)
• Marathi: फीनिक्स (phīniksa)
• 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

• 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 sing⁶), 斐匿 (fei¹ nik⁶) (dated)

  Mandarin: 鳳凰城 (zh), 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)

• Latvian: Fīniksa
• Lithuanian: Finiksas
• Marathi: फीनिक्स (phīniksa)
• 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).

Pronunciation

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

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)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Phoenix f

1. Phoenix