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). 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

• chant du cygne
• cygne noir

Further reading

• “cygne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkyŋ.nɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiɲ.ɲe]

Noun

cygne

1. vocative singular of cygnus