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name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/
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  • homophone: signet

1

name

Meaning 1

A village in Ohio, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A town in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The young of a swan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a young swan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: young bird, swan

History

Etymology

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”).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: лебедзяня́ (ljebjedzjanjá) — young of a swan
  • Belarusian: лебедзянё (ljebjedzjanjó) — young of a swan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小天鵝 /小天鹅 (xiǎotiān'é) — young of a swan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幼天鵝 /幼天鹅 (yòutiān'é) — young of a swan
  • Danish: svaneunge — young of a swan
  • Dutch: zwanenjong — young of a swan
  • Esperanto: cignido — young of a swan
  • Finnish: joutsenenpoikanen — young of a swan
  • French: cygneau — young of a swan
  • French: jeune cygne — young of a swan
  • French: petit du cygne — young of a swan
  • German: Schwanenjunges — young of a swan
  • German: Schwanenküken — young of a swan
  • German: Schwanenbaby — young of a swan
  • German: Schwanenkind — young of a swan
  • German: Schwänchen — young of a swan
  • German: Schwänlein — young of a swan
  • German: Jungschwan — young of a swan
  • German: junger Schwan — young of a swan
  • Greek: κυκνίσκος (kyknískos) — young of a swan
  • Latin: pullus cycneus — young of a swan
  • Lithuanian: gulbiukas — young of a swan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svaneunge — young of a swan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svaneunge — young of a swan
  • Polish: łabędziątko — young of a swan
  • Polish: łabędzię — young of a swan
  • Portuguese: filhote de cisne — young of a swan
  • Romanian: pui de lebădă — young of a swan
  • Russian: лебедёнок (lebedjónok) — young of a swan
  • Spanish: pollo (de cisne) — young of a swan
  • Ukrainian: лебедя́ (lebedjá) — young of a swan
  • Ukrainian: лебедя́тко (lebedjátko) — young of a swan
  • Volapük: svanül — young of a swan
  • Volapük: hisvanül — young of a swan
  • Volapük: jisvanül — young of a swan
  • Volapük: svan yunik — young of a swan
  • Volapük: hisvan yunik — young of a swan
  • Volapük: jisvan yunik — young of a swan