cisne

See also: Cisne

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cycnus, from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

Noun

cisne m (plural cisnes)

1. swan

Galician

Etymology

From Old French cisne, from Late Latin cicinus, from Latin cycnus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθisnɪ/

Noun

cisne m (plural cisnes)

1. swan

Further reading

• “cisne” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Leonese

Etymology

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Noun

cisne m (plural cisnes)

1. swan

References

• Pallabreiru Llïonés

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin cicinus, from Latin cycnus, from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

Noun

cisne oblique singular, m (oblique plural cisnes, nominative singular cisnes, nominative plural cisne)

1. swan

Portuguese

cisne (Cygnus olor)

Etymology

From Old French cisne, from Late Latin cicinus, from Latin cycnus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiz.ni/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiz.ni/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʒ.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiz.ne/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʒ.nɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiz.ni/, /ˈsiʒ.ni/
• Hyphenation: cis‧ne

Noun

cisne m (plural cisnes)

1. swan

Further reading

• “cisne” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French cisne, from Late Latin cicinus, from Latin cycnus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθisne/ [ˈθiz.ne]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsisne/ [ˈsiz.ne]
• Rhymes: -isne
• Syllabification: cis‧ne

Noun

cisne m (plural cisnes)

1. swan

Derived terms

• canto del cisne
• cisne de cuello negro
• cisne mudo
• cisne negro
• cisne silbador
• cisne trompetero

 

Further reading

• “cisne”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014