cygnet

See also: Cygnet

English

Swans and a Cygnet

From Middle English cignet, signet, from Anglo-Norman cignet, diminutive of Old French cigne (“swan”), from Latin cygnus, cycnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

cygnet (plural cygnets)

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

Norwegian:
Bokmål: svaneunge m

Nynorsk: svaneunge 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

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