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Webster 1913 Edition

Cygnet

Cyg′net

(sĭg′nĕt)

,

Noun.

[Dim. of F.

cygne

swan, L.

cycnus

.

cygnus

, fr. Gr.

κύκλος

: but F.

cygne

seems to be an etymological spelling of OF.

cisne

, fr. LL.

cecinus

,

cicinus

, perh. ultimately also fr. Gr.

κύκλος

.]

(Zool.)

A young swan.

Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cygnet

CYGNET

,

Noun.

[L., a swan; Gr.] A young swan.

Definition 2024

Cygnet

Cygnet

See also: cygnet

English

Proper noun

Cygnet

A village in Ohio, USA
A town in Tasmania, Australia

Derived terms

Cygnet Island

cygnet

cygnet

See also: Cygnet

English

Swan and cygnets

Noun

cygnet ‎(plural cygnets)

The immature young of a swan.

Synonyms

swanling (neologism)

Translations

young of a swan

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)}млад лебед ‎(mlad lebed)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小天鵝 (zh), 小天鹅 (zh) ‎(xiǎotiān'é), 幼天鵝, 幼天鹅 ‎(yòutiān'é)
Esperanto: cignido
Finnish: joutsenenpoikanen
French: cygneau (fr) m, jeune cygne m, petit du cygne m
German: Schwanenjunges n, Schwanenküken n, Schwanenbaby n, Schwanenkind n, Schwänchen n, Schwänlein n, Jungschwan n, junger Schwan m
Greek: κυκνίσκος m ‎(kyknískos)

Italian: ^{(please verify)}cigno giovane m
Latin: pullus cycneus m
Polish: łabędziątko (pl) n
Portuguese: filhote de cisne m
Romanian: pui de lebădă m
Russian: лебедёнок (ru) m ‎(lebedjónok)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)}pollo de cisne m
Volapük: (♂♀) svanül, (♂) hisvanül, (♀) jisvanül, (♂♀) svan yunik, (♂) hisvan yunik, (♀) jisvan yunik

Related terms

cygnus