Definitions for phaeton
ˈfeɪ ɪ tn; esp. Brit. ˈfeɪt nphaeton

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. touring car, phaeton, tourernoun

   large open car seating four with folding top

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. phaetonnoun

   a light four-wheeled open carriage drawn by four horses

2. phaetonnoun

   a large open touring motorcar with a folding top

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1. phaeton

   A phaeton is a type of open, horse-drawn carriage used for leisurely travel, often designed for four passengers with the driver seated in front or rear. It was popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. In later years, the term has also been applied to certain styles of early automobiles with similar design to the carriage.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Phaetonnoun

   a four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses

2. Phaetonnoun

   see Phaethon

3. Phaetonnoun

   a handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore

4. Etymology: [F. phaton a kind of carriage, fr. Phathon Phathon, the son of Helios. See Phathon.]

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1. Phaëton

   In Greek mythology, Phaëton or Phaethon was the son of Apollo and the Oceanid Clymene. Alternate, less common genealogies make him a son of Clymenus by Merope, of Helios and Rhode or of Helios and Prote. Phaëton's best friend and lover was Cycnus, the king of Liguria. He was the son of both Clymene and Apollo. He did not believe he was the true son of Apollo because Epaphus, Zeus' son, told him so. Perhaps the most famous version of the myth is given us through Ovid in his Metamorphoses. Phaeton seeks assurance that his mother, Clymenē, is telling the truth that his father is the sun god Helios. When Phaeton obtains his father's promise to drive the sun chariot as proof, he fails to control it and the Earth is in danger of burning up when Phaeton is killed by a thunderbolt from Zeus to prevent further disaster. The name "Phaëton", which means "shining", is also an epithet of Eosphoros, the Morning Star Venus. Phaethon is also the name of another minor Greek deity, the god of the wandering star Dios, represented by the planet Jupiter.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Phaeton

   fā′e-ton, n. a kind of open pleasure-carriage on four wheels, drawn by one or two horses, from Phaëthon, son of Helios, the sun, whose chariot he attempted to drive: a tropic bird.—adj. Phaëton′ic.

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1. Phaeton

   A name derived from the Phaeton of ancient mythology, who, having received permission to drive the sun car of Helios, his father, for a day, had the ill fortune to cause it to be overturned, and thereby almost set the world on fire.

MythologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Phaeton

   (Pha′eton). A son of Sol, or, according to many mythologists, of Phoebus and Clymene. Anxious to display his skill in horsemanship, he was allowed to drive the chariot of the sun for one day. The horses soon found out the incapacity of the charioteer, became unmanageable, and overturned the chariot. There was such great fear of injury to heaven and earth, that Jove, to stop the destruction, killed Phaeton with a thunderbolt.

   “Now Phaeton, by lofty hopes possessed, The burning seat with youthful vigor pressed.”

   “The breathless Phaeton, with flaming hair, Shot from the chariot like a falling star That in a summer’s evening from the top Of heaven drops down, or seems at least to drop.” (Addison.)

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1. phonate

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of phaeton in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of phaeton in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=phaeton
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Phaeton
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phaeton
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=phaeton
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=phaeton
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=phaeton
8. ^ Mythology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42474/pg42474-images.html#:~:text=phaeton