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Phoebe
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phoebe phœbe Phœbë
Translingual
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Etymology
mul grc Φοίβη
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Lauraceae tropical and subtropical evergreen trees, native to Asia and the Americas
genus family Cerambycidae certain longhorn beetles
Hypernyms
genus in Lauraceae
genus in Cerambycidae ; Lamiinae subfamily subfamily; Hemilophini tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus Phoebe lanceolata species type species. For some of the more than 100 species see 1
References
Lauraceae
Phoebe (plant)
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Phoebe (Lauraceae)
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Cerambycidae
Phoebe (beetle)
Phoebe (Audinet-Serville)
Hemilophini
English
thumb|Phoebe (en moon), as imaged by the Cassini probe.
Alternative forms
en Phebe
en Phœbe archaic
Etymology
en la Phoebē, from en grc Φοίβη, feminine form of grc Φοῖβος bright.
Pronunciation
en /ˈfiːbi/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Phoebe.wav Southern England
en iːbi 2
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek.
en-US Vanessa Friedman Phoebe Gates, the Daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates, Steps Into the Spotlight The New York Times 2025-04-24 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/style/phoebe-gates-bill-gates-resale-phia.html 0362-4331 Ms. Gates, who is named after Phoebe from “The Catcher in the Rye,” grew up in Seattle, the youngest of three. https://web.archive.org/web/20250806100816/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/style/phoebe-gates-bill-gates-resale-phia.html 6 August 2025
en Greek god A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia.
en Greek god An epithet and synonym for Selene; Phoebe Selene, after her maternal aunt, Phoebe (see above).
en Greek god An epithet and synonym for Artemis; Phoebe Artemis, after her maternal grandmother, Phoebe (see above).
en moon en astronomy The 14th moon of Saturn.
Derived terms
en Phoebean
Related terms
en Phoebus
Translations
given name
Arabic: ar فيبي f fībī
Danish: da Føbe
French: fr Phœbé
German: de Phoebe f, de Phöbe f
Greek: el Φοίβη f
Greenlandic: kl Biibi
Italian: it Febe f
Japanese: ja フィービー Fībī
Marathi: mr फीबी f
Polish: pl Febe f
Titan
French: fr Phébé f, fr Phœbé f
German: de Phoibe f, de Phoebe f
Greek: el Φοίβη f
Ancient Greek: grc Φοίβη f
Hindi: hi फीबे
Japanese: ja ポイベー Poibē, ja ポイベ Poibe
Korean: ko ^포이베
Latin: la Phoebē f
Marathi: mr फीबी f
Polish: pl Febe f
Portuguese: pt Febe f
moon of Saturn
German: de Phoebe m
Irish: ga Phoebe
Marathi: mr फीबी m
Polish: pl Febe f
Portuguese: pt Febe
Spanish: es Febe
Further reading
Phoebe (moon)
Phoebe (Greek myth)
Phoebe (Titaness)
Anagrams
en beehop behope ephebo
en Moons of Saturn
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb grc Φοίβη, feminine form of grc Φοῖβος bright. As a given name, partially from Phoebe Cates.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb female English
a moon of Saturn
ceb Greek god ceb Phoebe
ceb Gods Moons of Saturn
Latin
Etymology
la Phoebē :der grc:Φοίβη + 1
Pronunciation 1
Phoebē
Proper noun
Phoebē<1>
la Greek god en Phoebe
Declension
Phoebē<1>
Pronunciation 2
Phoebe 1
Proper noun
la proper noun form
la Phoebus voc s
References