Phrase guide

mute swan

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of white plumaged swan, Cygnus olor, having a distinctive orange bill with a black tip, native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental waterbird.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Cygnus olor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: swan

History

Etymology

So called because it is not very vocal (though not entirely mute).

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَمّ أَخْرَس (tamm ʔaḵras) — Cygnus olor
  • Armenian: թշշան կարապ (tʻššan karap) — Cygnus olor
  • Asturian: cisne — Cygnus olor
  • Basque: beltxarga arrunt — Cygnus olor
  • Belarusian: ле́бедзь-шыпу́н (ljébjedzʹ-šypún) — Cygnus olor
  • Breton: alarc'h roueel — Cygnus olor
  • Bulgarian: ням лебед (njam lebed) — Cygnus olor
  • Catalan: cigne mut — Cygnus olor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疣鼻天鵝 /疣鼻天鹅 (yóubí tiān'é) — Cygnus olor
  • Danish: knopsvane — Cygnus olor
  • Dutch: knobbelzwaan — Cygnus olor
  • Estonian: kühmnokk-luik — Cygnus olor
  • Faroese: knópsvanur — Cygnus olor
  • Finnish: kyhmyjoutsen — Cygnus olor
  • French: cygne muet — Cygnus olor
  • French: cygne tuberculé — Cygnus olor
  • German: Höckerschwan — Cygnus olor
  • Greek: κοινός κύκνος (koinós kýknos) — Cygnus olor
  • Greek: βουβόκυκνος (vouvókyknos) — Cygnus olor
  • Hebrew: ברבור מצוי — Cygnus olor
  • Hungarian: bütykös hattyú — Cygnus olor
  • Icelandic: hnúðsvanur — Cygnus olor
  • Irish: eala bhalbh — Cygnus olor
  • Italian: cigno reale — Cygnus olor
  • Japanese: コブハクチョウ (kobuhakuchō) — Cygnus olor
  • Korean: 혹고니 (hokgoni) — Cygnus olor
  • Latvian: paugurknābja gulbis — Cygnus olor
  • Lithuanian: gulbė nebylė — Cygnus olor
  • Malayalam: രാജഹംസം (rājahaṁsaṁ) — Cygnus olor
  • Maltese: ċinju — Cygnus olor
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠭᠣᠲᠣ ᠬᠣᠨ (qorogoto qon) — Cygnus olor
  • Norman: cŷngne — Cygnus olor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: knoppsvane — Cygnus olor
  • Persian: قوی گنگ (qu-ye gong) — Cygnus olor
  • Polish: łabędź niemy — Cygnus olor
  • Portuguese: cisne-real — Cygnus olor
  • Portuguese: cisne-mudo — Cygnus olor
  • Romanian: lebădă de vară — Cygnus olor
  • Russian: ле́бедь-шипу́н (lébedʹ-šipún) — Cygnus olor
  • Spanish: cisne mudo — Cygnus olor
  • Swedish: knölsvan — Cygnus olor
  • Thai: หงส์ใบ้ (hǒng-bâi) — Cygnus olor
  • Turkish: sessiz kuğu — Cygnus olor
  • Vietnamese: thiên nga trắng — Cygnus olor
  • Welsh: alarch dof — Cygnus olor