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BNC: 9201 COCA: 21936

phoenix

phoenix /ˈfiːnɪks/ noun
plural phoenixes
phoenix
/ˈfiːnɪks/
noun
plural phoenixes
Learner's definition of PHOENIX
[count]
: a magical bird in ancient stories that lives for 500 years before it burns itself to death and then is born again from its ashes凤凰sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻

Phoenix

Phoenix /ˈfiːnɪks/ proper noun
Phoenix
/ˈfiːnɪks/
proper noun
Learner's definition of PHOENIX
: U.S. city, Arizona菲尼克斯
BNC: 9201 COCA: 21936

phoenix

noun

phoe·​nix ˈfē-niks How to pronounce phoenix (audio)
: 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
phoenixlike adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The show is a chance to start new, for a phoenix to be born once again from the ashes. Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022 Amid designs that embrace asymmetry and exceptional stones, the stunner of the collection is Akh-Ba-Ka necklace, a design that puts one in mind of a phoenix rising and also boasts a terrific backstory. Laurie Brookins, Robb Report, 13 July 2022 Abe was a political phoenix, rising from the ashes of a failed first term as premier in 2006-07. Michael Auslin, WSJ, 8 July 2022 Then in the 1990s, the lighthouse really turned heads with art of a fire-breathing dragon on one side and a soaring phoenix on the other, perfect emblems for what was then an Asian restaurant called Sam Won Garden. René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 7 July 2022 Down the line, a crypto phoenix will rise out of the ashes, with less euphoria, similar to the way that the dot-com sector emerged from the dot-com bubble. Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 1 July 2022 Flying across it is a bird, perhaps a phoenix, rendered almost in calligraphy. Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 It was born in the spirit of unifying Europe as a phoenix that rose from the ashes of World War II. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 May 2022 Åkerlund retained the idea of an animal, but chose the phoenix as being representative of the band’s reemergence. Vogue, 26 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of phoenix was before the 12th century
BNC: 9201 COCA: 21936

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