cisne
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin cycnus, from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).
Galician
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Late Latin cicinus, from Latin cycnus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθisnɪ/
Further reading
- “cisne” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Leonese
Etymology
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References
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin cicinus, from Latin cycnus, from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Portuguese

Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Late Latin cicinus, from Latin cycnus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).
Pronunciation
- (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
Further reading
- “cisne” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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
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