PHOENIX


Meaning of PHOENIX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfi:nɪks ]

n. 1 a mythical bird, the only one of its kind, that after living for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, burnt itself on a funeral pyre and rose from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle. 2 a unique person or thing. [OE & OF fenix f. L phoenix f. Gk phoinix Phoenician, purple, phoenix]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.