phoenix
/ˈfinɪks/FEE-niks
/ˈfinɪks/FEE-niks
Meaningthe purple-red (bird)
Common meaning: a mythical self-reviving bird
- phoenixpurple-red; a date palmLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 868 · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek φοῖνιξ ‘purple-red; a date palm’.
Roots
- φοῖνιξ Greek “purple-red; a date palm”
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