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- [fee-niks]
- /ˈfi nɪks/
- /ˈfiː.nɪks/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fee-niks]
- /ˈfi nɪks/
Definitions of phoenix word
- noun phoenix a state in SW United States. 113,909 sq. mi. (295,025 sq. km). Capital: Phoenix. Abbreviation: AZ (for use with zip code), Ariz. 1
- noun phoenix mythical bird that rises from ashes 1
- noun Technical meaning of phoenix (operating system) An operating system, built in BCPL on top of IBM MVT and later MVS by Cambridge University Computing Service from 1973 to 1995, which ran on the university central mainframe. All parts of the system were named after birds, including Eagle (the job scheduler, also the nearest pub), Pigeon (the mailer), GCAL (the text processor) and Wren (the command language), leading to Wren Libraries (a local pun). Phoenix was much used by chemists in daytime and by the rest of the university in the evenings, and was only abandoned in favour of Unix in 1995; it is one reason Cambridge made little contribution to Unix until then. 1
- countable noun phoenix A phoenix is an imaginary bird which, according to ancient stories, burns itself to ashes every five hundred years and is then born again. 0
- singular noun phoenix If you describe someone or something as a phoenix, you mean that they return again after seeming to disappear or be destroyed. 0
- noun phoenix a legendary Arabian bird said to set fire to itself and rise anew from the ashes every 500 years 0
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Origin of phoenix
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; < Latin < Greek phoînix a mythical bird, purple-red color, Phoenician, date palm; replacing Middle English, Old English fēnix < Medieval Latin; Latin as above
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Parts of speech for Phoenix
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phoenix popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
phoenix usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for phoenix
noun phoenix
- centaur — In classical mythology, a centaur is a creature with the head, arms, and upper body of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- frankenstein — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- idealisms — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
Antonyms for phoenix
noun phoenix
- god — the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
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