Does anyone know what it means in a literal translation? Or where to look to find out?
2007-08-16 14:16:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
What does it MEAN literally, not what is it. I already know that.
2007-08-16 14:22:05 · update #1
The phoenix is a mythical sacred firebird in ancient Phoenicia mythology, and in myths derived from it.
It means "phoenician". According to Ottorino Pianigia's Vocabolario Etimologico della Lingua Italiana, the world "Phoenicia" means "purple red".
2007-08-16 14:22:26 · answer #1 · answered by Luciano D. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: phoe·nix
Pronunciation: \ËfÄ-niks\
Function: 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 ashes to live another period; also : a person or thing likened to the phoenix
— phoe·nix·like \-ËlÄ«k\ adjective
2007-08-16 21:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Translation to what language?
It comes from Middle English 'fenix', from Old English, from Latin 'phoenix', from Greek 'phoinix'.
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.
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2007-08-16 21:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Phoenix is a mythical bird which is said to die in flames and rise, reborn from its ashes. It has become a metaphor for any failure which has been turned to success.
2007-08-16 21:22:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pheonix is a mythical bird that dies in the flames but is reborn in the ashes. It is a sacred firebird in ancient Phoenicia mythology and in myths derived from it.
2007-08-16 21:24:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a type of bird. The only one of it's kind, fabled to burn itself and rise from it's ashes. Associated with the elements Water and Fire.
2007-08-16 21:24:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
person or thing of unsurpassed excellence or beauty, a paragon. That's cool, I never knew it had a definition. I live here.
2007-08-16 21:29:23 · answer #7 · answered by dark bubble 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "something that comes out of nothing".
2007-08-16 21:49:54 · answer #8 · answered by Drekka M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
apparently jenna hasnt seen the harry potter series...
2007-08-16 22:50:45 · answer #9 · answered by Michelle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a bird, its many things be more specific
2007-08-16 21:19:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋