phoenix
41Phoenix — n. 1 a mythical bird, the only one of its kind, that after living for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, burnt itself on a funeral pyre and rose from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle. 2 a unique person or thing …
42phoenix — [OE] The phoenix, a fabulous bird which every 500 years consumed itself by fire and then rose again from its own ashes, may get its name from the red flames in which it perished. The word comes via Latin phoenix from Greek phoinix, which as well… …
43phoenix — [[t]fi͟ːnɪks[/t]] phoenixes 1) N COUNT: usu sing A phoenix is an imaginary bird which, according to ancient stories, burns itself to ashes every five hundred years and is then born again. 2) N SING If you describe someone or something as a… …
44phoenix — UK [ˈfiːnɪks] / US [ˈfɪnɪks] noun [countable] Word forms phoenix : singular phoenix plural phoenixes an imaginary bird in ancient stories that lives for 500 years and then burns to death, with a new phoenix rising from the ashes when the flames… …
45Phoenix — finikas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Arekinių (Arecaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Phoenix). atitikmenys: lot. Phoenix angl. date palm vok. Dattelpalme; Phoenix rus. пальма финиковая; феникс; финик lenk. daktylowiec …
46phoenix — [OE] The phoenix, a fabulous bird which every 500 years consumed itself by fire and then rose again from its own ashes, may get its name from the red flames in which it perished. The word comes via Latin phoenix from Greek phoinix, which as well… …
47PHOENIX — The Greek legend of the phoenix, the fabulous bird that lives forever, is mentioned in apocalyptic literature with various addenda, as for example that its food is the manna of heaven and the dew of the earth, and from its excrement the cinnamon… …
48phoenix — noun Etymology: Middle English fenix, from Old English, from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix Date: before 12th century a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the… …
49phoenix — phoe|nix [ˈfi:nıks] n [Date: 800 900; : Latin; Origin: Greek phoinix red, Phoenician, phoenix , from phoinos blood red ] 1.) a magic bird that is born from a fire, according to ancient stories 2.) rise like a phoenix from the ashes to become… …
50Phoenix — Abgespeckter Browser auf der Basis des Open Source Browsers Mozilla. Phoenix ist auf Geschwindigkeit optimiert und verzichtet dafür auf Zusatzfeatures wie E Mail Client oder HTML Editor. Phoenix befindet sich noch in der Entwicklung und läuft… …
