"Sphinx" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈsfɪŋks/ Audio: En-us-sphinx.ogg [US] Forms: Sphinges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks Etymology: From Middle English Spynx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “bind tightly, to strangle”). The appurtenance of Egyptian Szp:p-A53 (šzp, “image, statue, sphinx”) or Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “living image”) remains unclear. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Spynx}} Middle English Spynx, {{der|en|grc|Σφίγξ}} Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), {{m|grc|σφίγγω||bind tightly, to strangle}} σφίγγω (sphíngō, “bind tightly, to strangle”), {{m|egy|šzp}} šzp, {{cog|egy|šzp|<hiero>Szp:p-A53</hiero>|t=image, statue, sphinx|tr=<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">šzp</i>}} Egyptian Szp:p-A53 (šzp, “image, statue, sphinx”), {{m|egy|šzp-ꜥnḫ|<hiero>Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x</hiero>|t=living image|tr=šzp-ꜥnḫ}} Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “living image”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Sphinges}} Sphinx (plural Sphinges)
  1. (usually with "the") An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids. Tags: usually, with-definite-article Categories (place): Egypt Synonyms (definite: large statue in Egypt): The Great Sphinx Translations (large monument in Egypt): أَبُو الْهَوْل (ʔabū l-hawl) [masculine] (Arabic), Սֆինքս (Sfinkʻs) (Armenian), Сфінкс (Sfinks) [masculine] (Belarusian), Сфинкс (Sfinks) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 斯芬克斯 (Sīfēnkèsī) (Chinese Mandarin), Sfinksen (Danish), Sfinx (Dutch), Sfinks (Estonian), Sfinksi (Finnish), Sphinx [masculine] (French), სფინქსი (spinksi) (Georgian), Sphinx [feminine] (German), Σφίγγα (Sfínga) [feminine] (Greek), סְפִינְקְס (sfinks) [masculine] (Hebrew), गूढ़ व्यक्ति (gūṛh vyakti) [masculine] (Hindi), Szphinx (Hungarian), Sfinge [feminine] (Italian), スフィンクス (Sufinkusu) (Japanese), 스핑크스 (Seupingkeuseu) (Korean), Sfinksa [feminine] (Latvian), Sfinksas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Сфинга (Sfinga) [feminine] (Macedonian), Sfinġa [feminine] (Maltese), स्फिंक्स (sphiṅksa) [masculine] (Marathi), Sfinksen (Norwegian), ابوالهول (abulhowl) (Persian), Sfinks [masculine] (Polish), Esfinge [feminine] (Portuguese), Сфинкс (Sfinks) [masculine] (Russian), Сфи̏нга [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Sfȉnga [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Sfinga [feminine] (Slovene), Esfinge [feminine] (Spanish), Sfinxen (Swedish), Абулҳавл (Abulhavl) (Tajik), สฟิงซ์ (sà-fíng) (Thai), Сфінкс (Sfinks) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ابوالہول [masculine] (Urdu), Nhân sư (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Sphinx-en-name-jlKIWDj5 Disambiguation of Egypt: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'definite: large statue in Egypt': 94 6 Disambiguation of 'large monument in Egypt': 96 4
  2. (Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who committed suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian mythology Synonyms: The Great Sphinx of Giza, Sphynx [archaic] Derived forms: Sphingian Translations (Greek mythological creature): Σφίγξ (Sphínx) (Ancient Greek), sfinks (Danish), Sfinx (Dutch), Sfinksi (Finnish), Σφίγγα (Sfínga) [feminine] (Greek), Sfinge [feminine] (Italian), スフィンクス (Sufinkusu) (Japanese), स्फिंक्स (sphiṅksa) (Marathi), sfinks [masculine] (Norwegian), Sfinks [masculine] (Polish), Esfinge [feminine] (Portuguese), Сфинкс (Sfinks) [masculine] (Russian), Esfinge [feminine] (Spanish), Sfinx [common-gender] (Swedish), สฟิงซ์ (sà-fíng) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-Sphinx-en-name-k63YlXQS Disambiguation of Ancient Egypt: 38 62 Disambiguation of Egyptian mythology: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 72 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'Greek mythological creature': 11 89

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}
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      "roman": "ʔabū l-hawl",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "أَبُو الْهَوْل"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "Sfinkʻs",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "Սֆինքս"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Sfinks",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Сфінкс"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Sfinks",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Сфинкс"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sīfēnkèsī",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "斯芬克斯"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "Sfinksen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "Sfinx"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "Sfinks"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "Sfinksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sphinx"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "spinksi",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "სფინქსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sphinx"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Sfínga",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Σφίγγα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sfinks",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סְפִינְקְס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gūṛh vyakti",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गूढ़ व्यक्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "Szphinx"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sfinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Sufinkusu",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "スフィンクス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Seupingkeuseu",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "스핑크스"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sfinksa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Sfinksas"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Сфинга"
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      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sfinġa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sphiṅksa",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्फिंक्स"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "Sfinksen"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "abulhowl",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "ابوالهول"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sfinks"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Esfinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sfinks",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Сфинкс"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Сфи̏нга"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sfȉnga"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sfinga"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Esfinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "Sfinxen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Abulhavl",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "Абулҳавл"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-fíng",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "สฟิงซ์"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Sfinks",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Сфінкс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ابوالہول"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "large monument in Egypt",
      "word": "Nhân sư"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "word": "sfinks"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "word": "Sfinx"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "word": "Sfinksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Sfínga",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Σφίγγα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Sphínx",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "word": "Σφίγξ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sfinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Sufinkusu",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "word": "スフィンクス"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sphiṅksa",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "word": "स्फिंक्स"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sfinks"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sfinks"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Esfinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sfinks",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Сфинкс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Esfinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Sfinx"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-fíng",
      "sense": "Greek mythological creature",
      "word": "สฟิงซ์"
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    "Great Sphinx of Giza",
    "Sphinx"
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}

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