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 (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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