phoebe
pronunciation
How to pronounce phoebe in British English:
UK ['fi:bɪ]
How to pronounce phoebe in American English:
US ['fibɪ]
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- Noun:
- small dun-colored North American flycatcher
Word Origin
- phoebe (n.)
- small North American flycatcher, pewit, 1700, phebe, so called in imitation of its cry; spelling altered (1839) by influence of the woman's proper name Phoebe.
- Phoebe
- fem. proper name, late 14c., originally a name of Artemis as the goddess of the moon, from Latin Phoebe, from Greek phoibos "bright, pure," of unknown origin. The fem. form of Phoebus, an epithet of Apollo as sun-god.
Example
- 1. She and phoebe took the stripper to the hospital .
- 2. Maybe you should call paige and phoebe .
- 3. This is phoebe . She 'll be helping me .
- 4. The first time I met his elder sister , phoebe , I could tell she wasn 't really interested .
- 5. Does phoebe still live here ?