PHOENIX


Meaning of PHOENIX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfē-niks ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English fenix, from Old English, from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix

Date: before 12th century

: a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period ; also : a person or thing likened to the phoenix

• phoe·nix·like -ˌlīk adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.