[Middle English fenix, from Old English from Old French, both from Medieval Latin fēnix, from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix.]
In ancient Egypt and in classical antiquity, a fabulous bird associated with the worship of the sun. The Egyptian phoenix was said to be as large as an eagle, with brilliant scarlet and gold plumage and a melodious cry. Only one phoenix existed at a time, and it lived no less than 500 years. As its end approached, it built a nest of aromatic boughs and spices, set it on fire, and was consumed in the flames. From the pyre was born a new phoenix, which sealed its predecessor's ashes in an egg of myrrh and flew to Heliopolis to deposit them on the altar of the sun god. The phoenix thus symbolized immortality. See also fenghuang.
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A mythical bird that periodically burned itself to death and emerged from the ashes as a new phoenix. According to most stories, the rebirth of the phoenix happened every five hundred years. Only one phoenix lived at a time.
phoenix
n.
The classical prototype of the modern small hot bird.
Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix. Christina Baldwin Dansk (Danish)
n. - Fniks, pragteksemplar
n. - Phoenix
Nederlands (Dutch)
feniks
Franais (French)
n. - phnix
n. - Phoenix
Deutsch (German)
n. - Phnix
n. - Phoenix
ή (Greek)
n. - (.) ί
Italiano (Italian)
fenice
Portugus (Portuguese)
n. - fnix (f)
n. - Fnix
Русский (Russian)
феникс, чудо века
Espaol (Spanish)
n. - fnix
n. - Phoenix
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fgel Fenix (myt.), dadelpalm
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
凤凰
凤凰, 完人, 长生鸟
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鳳凰
n. - 鳳凰, 完人, 長生鳥
한국어 (Korean)
n. - (이집트신) 불사조, 대천재, 봉황좌
피닉스 (미국 애리조나 주의 주도), (이집트 신화의) 불사조, 미해군의 F-14 Tomcat 전투기용 공대공 미사일
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - フェニックス
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الفونيكس, العنقاء : طائر خرافي, شخص ذو جمال لا يضاهى
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - פניקס, עוף החול (ציפור אגדית)
n. - פניקס
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