
English word phoenix comes from Ancient Greek Φοῖνῐξ, Egyptian bnw, and later Old French fenix (Phoenix (mythical bird).)
Φοῖνῐξ (Ancient Greek)
bnw (Egyptian)
The Bennu or phoenix, a divine being and a bird into which the dead could transform.
φοῖνιξ (Ancient Greek)
phoenix (Latin)
Phoenician Phoenician Phoenix.
phenix (Malayalam)
fenix (Old French)
Phoenix (mythical bird).
phoenix (English)
(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.. (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile.. (historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.. (mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for [...]