cygne

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French

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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cygne m (plural cygnes)

  1. swan

Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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Latin

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Noun

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cygne m

  1. vocative singular of cygnus