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say it: sfingks
sphinx is a noun meaning "an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret". It is pronounced /ˈsfɪŋks/ — sfingks. It carries 3 recorded senses.
an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
Greek mythology
one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sphinx come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.