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# phoenix

«phoenix» in Mova's school dictionary: **a magical bird from old stories that burns itself in fire…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a phoenix, phoenixes); proper noun (Phoenix, a city)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A phoenix is a magical bird from old stories that burns itself in fire and is born again from its own ashes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#m1)

2) Phoenix (capital P) is the capital city of the US state of Arizona, in a hot desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#m2)

3) Phoenix is also a boy's name, used for a character in some old stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In myths and stories, the phoenix is a symbol of starting again after something terrible, and in Harry Potter Fawkes is a phoenix. In everyday speech, «rise like a phoenix from the ashes» means to come back stronger after failing or losing everything. In geography: Phoenix is one of the hottest big cities in the USA.

### examples

- The phoenix rose from the ashes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#x1)
- In the story, the phoenix's tears could heal wounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#x2)
- Phoenix is a very hot city in Arizona. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#x3)
- The team rose like a phoenix after losing every game last year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#x4)
- A phoenix is not a real bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#x5)
- The phoenix had red and gold feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#x6)
- Dumbledore had a phoenix called Fawkes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#x7)
- Our school drama club is called the Phoenix Players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#x8)
- "I can go no farther," said Phoenix. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/#x9)

### note

Spelled with ph (sounds like f) and -oe-: FEE-niks. The phoenix is a myth, not a real animal. Plural: phoenixes.

### In the corpora

- [Example: a rumour spreads in a school in Phoenix that a scary character is coming to school.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/5/)
- [Example: a girl in Phoenix gets a book from her grandpa by post.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences/7/)
- [Isla in Phoenix kept playing on the tablet after Mum said «screens off».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/0/)
- [Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.741/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «phoenix» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.