phoenix

phénix

Oiseau imaginaire qui brûle à sa mort et renaît de ses cendres.

En anglais simple : An imaginary bird that burns when it dies and is born again from its ashes.

• The phoenix rose from the ashes.
• Her necklace shows a phoenix with golden wings.
• The legend says the phoenix is born again after death.

Expressions courantes : a mythical phoenix, like a phoenix, the phoenix rises

phénix

Ce qui renaît ou retrouve le succès après avoir semblé totalement détruit.

En anglais simple : Something that becomes successful or exists again after seeming to be completely destroyed.

• The rebuilt city became a phoenix.
• A new company emerged, a phoenix from the ruins of the old one.
• After years of failure, the team returned as a phoenix.

Expressions courantes : a phoenix rising, a new phoenix, phoenix from the ashes