The Sphinx howled with rage.
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Sphinx
//ˈsfɪŋks//
Synonyms for "sphinx" (17 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (8)
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Translations
121 translations across 57 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- Σφίγξ name (Greek mythological creature)
- Σφίγξ noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Arabic
2 entries- أَبُو الْهَوْل name (large monument in Egypt)
- أَبُو الهَوْل noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Armenian
1 entries- Սֆինքս name (large monument in Egypt)
Asturian
1 entries- esfinxe noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Basque
1 entries- esfinge noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Belarusian
1 entries- Сфінкс name (large monument in Egypt)
Bulgarian
2 entries- Сфинкс name (large monument in Egypt)
- сфинкс noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Catalan
2 entries- esfinx noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- esfinx noun (person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 斯芬克斯 name (large monument in Egypt)
- 人頭獅身 /人头狮身 noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- 斯芬克斯 noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- 獅頭人像 /狮头人像 noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Czech
2 entries- sfinga noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- sfinx noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Danish
3 entries- Sfinksen name (large monument in Egypt)
- sfinks name (Greek mythological creature)
- sfinks noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Dutch
3 entries- Sfinx name (large monument in Egypt)
- Sfinx name (Greek mythological creature)
- sfinx noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Egyptian
1 entries- Szp:p-A53 noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Esperanto
1 entries- sfinkso noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Estonian
2 entries- Sfinks name (large monument in Egypt)
- sphinx noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Faroese
1 entries- sfinksur noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Finnish
4 entries- Sfinksi name (large monument in Egypt)
- Sfinksi name (Greek mythological creature)
- sfinksi noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- sfinksi noun (person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret)
French
4 entries- Sphinge name (Greek mythological creature)
- Sphinx name (large monument in Egypt)
- sphinge noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- sphinx noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Galician
1 entries- esfinxe noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Georgian
2 entries- სფინქსი name (large monument in Egypt)
- სფინქსი noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
German
3 entries- Sphinx name (large monument in Egypt)
- Sphinx noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- Sphinx noun (person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret)
Greek
3 entries- Σφίγγα name (large monument in Egypt)
- Σφίγγα name (Greek mythological creature)
- σφίγγα noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Hebrew
1 entries- סְפִינְקְס name (large monument in Egypt)
Hindi
1 entries- गूढ़ व्यक्ति name (large monument in Egypt)
Hungarian
2 entries- Szphinx name (large monument in Egypt)
- szfinx noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Ido
1 entries- sfinxo noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Indonesian
1 entries- sfinks noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Italian
3 entries- Sfinge name (large monument in Egypt)
- Sfinge name (Greek mythological creature)
- sfinge noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Japanese
4 entries- スフィンクス name (large monument in Egypt)
- スフィンクス name (Greek mythological creature)
- スフィンクス noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- 人獅 noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Korean
2 entries- 스핑크스 name (large monument in Egypt)
- 스핑크스 noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Latin
1 entries- Sphinx name (Greek mythological creature)
Latvian
1 entries- Sfinksa name (large monument in Egypt)
Lithuanian
2 entries- Sfinksas name (large monument in Egypt)
- sfinksas noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Macedonian
2 entries- Сфинга name (large monument in Egypt)
- сфинга noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Malay
1 entries- sfinks noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Maltese
1 entries- Sfinġa name (large monument in Egypt)
Marathi
3 entries- स्फिंक्स name (large monument in Egypt)
- स्फिंक्स name (Greek mythological creature)
- स्फिंक्स noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Middle French
2 entries- Sphinge name (large monument in Egypt)
- Sphinge name (Greek mythological creature)
Norwegian
3 entries- Sfinksen name (large monument in Egypt)
- sfinks name (Greek mythological creature)
- sfinks noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Persian
1 entries- ابوالهول name (large monument in Egypt)
Polish
4 entries- Sfinks name (large monument in Egypt)
- Sfinks name (Greek mythological creature)
- sfinks noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- sfinks noun (person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret)
Portuguese
4 entries- Esfinge name (large monument in Egypt)
- Esfinge name (Greek mythological creature)
- esfinge noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- esfinge noun (person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret)
Romanian
2 entries- sfinx noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- sfinx noun (person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret)
Russian
3 entries- Сфинкс name (large monument in Egypt)
- Сфинкс name (Greek mythological creature)
- сфинкс noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- Sfȉnga name (large monument in Egypt)
- Сфи̏нга name (large monument in Egypt)
- sfinga noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- сфинга noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Slovak
1 entries- sfinga noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Slovene
1 entries- Sfinga name (large monument in Egypt)
Spanish
3 entries- Esfinge name (large monument in Egypt)
- Esfinge name (Greek mythological creature)
- esfinge noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Swedish
4 entries- Sfinx name (Greek mythological creature)
- Sfinxen name (large monument in Egypt)
- gåta noun (person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret)
- sfinx noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Tagalog
1 entries- espinghe noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Tajik
1 entries- Абулҳавл name (large monument in Egypt)
Thai
3 entries- สฟิงซ์ name (large monument in Egypt)
- สฟิงซ์ name (Greek mythological creature)
- สฟิงซ์ noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Turkish
1 entries- sfenks noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Ukrainian
2 entries- Сфінкс name (large monument in Egypt)
- сфінкс noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Urdu
1 entries- ابوالہول name (large monument in Egypt)
Vietnamese
2 entries- Nhân sư name (large monument in Egypt)
- nhân sư noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Volapük
3 entries- hisfin noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- jisfin noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
- sfin noun (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
The Sphinx began to walk around him.
Source: tatoeba (51819)
The Sphinx had eaten hundreds of people on their way to the city of Thebes, because they could not answer the riddle the cunning Sphinx had asked them.
Source: tatoeba (51820)
This terrible monster was the Sphinx.
Source: tatoeba (59682)
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