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"le phenix des hôtes de ces bois..."

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Definition of PHOENIX

 

: 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 adjective

Origin of PHOENIX

 

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

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Learn more about "phoenix" and related topics at Britannica.com

 

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