noun
Meaning 1
The forked tail of a swallow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
swallowtail
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.
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UK: /ˈswɒl.əʊˌteɪl/
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noun
Meaning 2
Anything, such as a burgee, of a similar forked shape.
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noun
Meaning 3
A type of tailcoat with two long tapering tails.
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of various butterflies of the family Papilionidae, many of which have a long extension to each hindwing.
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noun
Meaning 5
a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swallow-tailed coat, morning coat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jacket
History
Etymology
From swallow + tail.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: лястовича опашка (ljastoviča opaška) — tail of a swallow
- Danish: svalehale — tail of a swallow
- Dutch: zwaluwstaart — tail of a swallow
- Finnish: haarapyrstö — tail of a swallow
- German: Schwalbenschwanz — tail of a swallow
- Hungarian: fecskefarok — tail of a swallow
- Hungarian: fecskefark — tail of a swallow
- Japanese: 燕尾 (enbi) — tail of a swallow
- Manx: arbyl goalagh — tail of a swallow
- Polish: ogon jaskółki — tail of a swallow
- Russian: ласточкин хвост (lástočkin χvost) — tail of a swallow
- Spanish: cola de golondrina — tail of a swallow
- Swedish: svalstjärt — tail of a swallow
- Danish: splitflag — anything of a similar forked shape
- Finnish: haarukka — anything of a similar forked shape
- Polish: proporczyk — anything of a similar forked shape
- Bulgarian: фрак (frak) — tailcoat
- Dutch: rokkostuum — tailcoat
- Dutch: rok — tailcoat
- Finnish: hännystakki — tailcoat
- French: frac — tailcoat
- French: queue-de-pie — tailcoat
- German: Frack — tailcoat
- German: Schwalbenschwanz — tailcoat
- Hungarian: frakk — tailcoat
- Japanese: 燕尾服 (enbifuku) — tailcoat
- Polish: frak — tailcoat
- Russian: фрак (frak) — tailcoat
- Spanish: frac — tailcoat
- Danish: svalehale — butterfly
- Dutch: page — butterfly
- Finnish: ritariperhonen — butterfly
- French: machaon — butterfly
- German: Schwalbenschwanz — butterfly
- Hungarian: pillangóféle — butterfly
- Japanese: 揚羽蝶 (agehachō) — butterfly
- Navajo: kʼaalógii bitseeʼ hólóní — butterfly
- Polish: paź królowej — butterfly
- Russian: па́русник (párusnik) — butterfly
- Spanish: macaón — butterfly
- Swedish: svalstjärt — butterfly
- Turkish: kuyruklu kelebek — butterfly
- Turkish: kırlangıçkuyruk — butterfly
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