cygne

See also: Cygne

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cisne, cine, from Late Latin cicinus, from Latin cycnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos).[1] The modern spelling is in imitation of the Latin variant form cygnus, and the modern pronunciation is a spelling-pronunciation based on that.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /siɲ/
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  • Homophones: cygnes, signe, signent, signes
  • Rhymes: -iɲ

Noun

cygne m (plural cygnes)

  1. swan

Derived terms

References
  1. Dauzat, Albert, Dubois, Jean, Mitterand, Henri (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique et historique, Paris: Librairie Larousse, page 218

Further reading

Latin

Noun

cygne m

  1. vocative singular of cygnus
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