name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
phoebe
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈfiːbi/
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CMU ARPABET: F IY1 B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
Meaning 3
An epithet and synonym for Selene; Phoebe Selene, after her maternal aunt, Phoebe (see above).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
Meaning 4
An epithet and synonym for Artemis; Phoebe Artemis, after her maternal grandmother, Phoebe (see above).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
Meaning 5
The 14th moon of Saturn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis.
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noun
Meaning 7
small dun-colored North American flycatcher
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird
noun
Meaning 8
(Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Titaness
noun
Meaning 9
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Little Phoebe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: digit, figure
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Phoebē, from Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”).
From early 18th c. Imitative, influenced by the name Phoebe.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فيبي (fībī) — given name
- Danish: Føbe — given name
- French: Phœbé — given name
- German: Phoebe — given name
- German: Phöbe — given name
- Greek: Φοίβη (Foívi) — given name
- Greenlandic: Biibi — given name
- Italian: Febe — given name
- Japanese: フィービー (Fībī) — given name
- Marathi: फीबी (phībī) — given name
- French: Phébé — Titan
- French: Phœbé — Titan
- German: Phoibe — Titan
- German: Phoebe — Titan
- Greek: Φοίβη (Foívi) — Titan
- Ancient Greek: Φοίβη (Phoíbē) — Titan
- Japanese: ポイベー (Poibē) — Titan
- Japanese: ポイベ (Poibe) — Titan
- Korean: 포이베 (Poibe) — Titan
- Latin: Phoebē — Titan
- Marathi: फीबी (phībī) — Titan
- Portuguese: Febe — Titan
- German: Phoebe — moon of Saturn
- Irish: Phoebe — moon of Saturn
- Marathi: फीबी (phībī) — moon of Saturn
- Portuguese: Febe — moon of Saturn
- Spanish: Febe — moon of Saturn
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