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Webster 1913 Edition

Phenix

Phe′nix

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Phenixes
(#)
.
[L.
phoenix
, Gr.
φοῖνιξ
.]
[Written also
phœnix
.]
1.
(Gr. Myth.)
A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality.
2.
(Astron.)
A southern constellation.
3.
A marvelous person or thing.
[R.]
Latimer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Phenix

PHE'NIX

,
Noun.
[L. phoenix, the palm or date tree, and a fowl.]
1.
The fowl which is said to exist single, and to rise again from its own ashes.
2.
A person of singular distinction.

Definition 2024

Phénix

Phénix

See also: phenix, Phenix, and phénix

Portuguese

Proper noun

Phénix f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Fénix (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

phénix

phénix

See also: phenix, Phenix, and Phénix

French

Noun

phénix m ‎(plural phénix)

  1. (mythology) phoenix

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