cygne
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See also: Cygne
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- IPA(key): /siɲ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) Audio (file) - Homophones: cygnes, signe, signent, signes
- Rhymes: -iɲ
Noun[edit]
cygne m (plural cygnes)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Dauzat, Albert, Dubois, Jean, Mitterand, Henri (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique et historique, Paris: Librairie Larousse, page 218
Further reading[edit]
- “cygne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
cygne m
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