sphinx

(Anglès)

Noun

1. A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
2. (figuratively) A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
3. (dated) A mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.
4. A sphinx moth.
5. (euphemistic, rare) A sphincter.

Verb

1. (transitive) To decorate with sphinxes.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To be inscrutable, often through silence.
4. (intransitive) To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsfɪŋks/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: Spynx

In summary

From Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps either from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) (whence also sphincter), of Pre-Greek origin, or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”).

Conceptes

esfinx

Sinònims

Sphinx

sphinx-baboon

swan

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hawk moth

humming bird moth

Traduccions

sphinx

Sphinx

esfinge

sfinge

sfinks

esfinge

sfinx

أبو الهول

σφίγγα

sfenks

sphynx

σφιγξ

بلهون

بلاهين

isfenks