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Swan
//swɒn//
Synonyms for "swan" (90 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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1 entriesrelated to
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4 entriesTranslations
207 translations across 159 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- swaan noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Ainu
1 entries- レタッチㇼ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Albanian
1 entries- mjellmë noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Algonquin
1 entries- wequash noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κύκνος noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Arabic
4 entries- إِوَزّ عِرَاقِيّ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- تَمّ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- قُقْنُس noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- وزة عراقي noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܩܘܩܢܘܣ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Armenian
1 entries- կարապ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Assamese
1 entries- ৰাজহাঁহ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Asturian
1 entries- cisne noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qu noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- qu quşu noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Bashkir
1 entries- аҡҡош noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Basque
1 entries- beltxarga noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Belarusian
1 entries- ле́бедзь noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Bengali
1 entries- রাজহাঁস noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Breton
2 entries- alarc’h noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- alarh noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ле́бед noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Burmese
1 entries- ငန်း noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Buryat
1 entries- хун noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Catalan
1 entries- cigne noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- قوو noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Chechen
1 entries- гӏургӏаз noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎧᎳᎩᏌ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 天鵝 /天鹅 noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- 鵠 /鹄 noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Chukchi
1 entries- нэрӄуӄ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Chuvash
1 entries- акӑш noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Cornish
1 entries- alargh noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Czech
1 entries- labuť noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Danish
1 entries- svane noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Dolgan
1 entries- куба noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Dutch
1 entries- zwaan noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- йӱксӧ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Erzya
1 entries- локсей noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Esperanto
1 entries- cigno noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Estonian
1 entries- luik noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Etruscan
1 entries- 𐌕𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀 noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Even
1 entries- хуси noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Evenki
3 entries- gäre noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- ük-si noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- багдавкӣ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Faroese
2 entries- okn noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- svanur noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Finnish
1 entries- joutsen noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
French
4 entries- cygne noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- cygne femelle noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- cygne mâle noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- cygneau noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Friulian
2 entries- cesen noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- cign noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Gagauz
1 entries- kuu noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Galician
1 entries- cisne noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Georgian
1 entries- გედი noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
German
2 entries- Schwan noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- Schwänin noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Greek
1 entries- κύκνος noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Greenlandic
1 entries- qussuk noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Gujarati
1 entries- હંસ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Hebrew
1 entries- ברבור noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Hindi
1 entries- हंस noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Hungarian
1 entries- hattyú noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Schwaan noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Icelandic
2 entries- svanur noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- álft noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Ido
1 entries- cigno noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Inari Sami
1 entries- njuhčâ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Indonesian
2 entries- angsa noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- soang noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Ingrian
2 entries- joutsen noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- luikko noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Interlingua
1 entries- cygno noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Irish
1 entries- eala noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Italian
1 entries- cigno noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Japanese
3 entries- ハクチョウ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- 白鳥 noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- 鵠 noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Javanese
1 entries- banyak noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Kalmyk
1 entries- хун noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Kannada
1 entries- ಹಂಸ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- къанкъаз noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Karakalpak
1 entries- quw noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Kashmiri
2 entries- أنٛز noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- أنٛزِنؠ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Kashubian
3 entries- kôłp noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- kôłp noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- łabãdz noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Kazakh
1 entries- аққу noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Khakas
1 entries- хуу noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Khmer
1 entries- ហង្ស noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Kildin Sami
1 entries- нюххч noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Korean
2 entries- 고니 noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- 백조 noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Kumyk
1 entries- къув noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ак куу noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Ladin
1 entries- zign noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Latin
2 entries- cygnus noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- olor noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Latvian
1 entries- gulbis noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gulbė noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Low German
4 entries- Swaan noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- Swoon noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- swan noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- swane noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- kołp noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- šwon noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Lule Sami
1 entries- sjnjuktja noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Macedonian
1 entries- лебед noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Malay
1 entries- joyinah noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Malayalam
2 entries- അരയന്നം noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- ഹംസം noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Maltese
1 entries- ċinju noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡤᠠᡵᡠ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Manx
2 entries- olla noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- ollay noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Mazanderani
1 entries- کلاکن noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Meänkieli
1 entries- jouhkainen noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Mon
1 entries- ၜိုပ် noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Mongolian
1 entries- хун noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Māori
1 entries- wani noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Nanai
1 entries- куку noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Navajo
1 entries- dééłgai noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- qazquling noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- qû noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Northern Sami
2 entries- boallonjukča noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- njukča noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- svane noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- svane noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Occitan
1 entries- cicne noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Old Armenian
4 entries- կարապ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- կիկնոս noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- պոր noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- փոր noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Old English
2 entries- ielfete noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- swan noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Old Irish
2 entries- ela noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- géis noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Old Norse
3 entries- svanr noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- álpt noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- ǫlpt noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐰴𐰆𐰍𐰆 noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Osage
1 entries- míɣa ška noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قوغو noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Pali
1 entries- haṃsa noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Pashto
1 entries- هېلۍ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Persian
2 entries- جویینه noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- قو noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schwon noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Polish
1 entries- łabędź noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Portuguese
1 entries- cisne noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Romani
2 entries- bari-papin noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- baro-gansako noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Romanian
1 entries- lebădă noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Romansch
1 entries- cign noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Russian
1 entries- ле́бедь noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Sanskrit
1 entries- हंस noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Sardinian
3 entries- cisne noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- sìsini noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- tzignu noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Swoan noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- eala noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- labud noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- лабуд noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Shor
1 entries- қуу noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Sicilian
2 entries- cignu noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- cinnu noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- njuhčč noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Slovak
1 entries- labuť noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Slovene
1 entries- labod noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Southern Altai
1 entries- куу noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Southern Sami
1 entries- njuktje noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Spanish
1 entries- cisne noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Sudovian
1 entries- gulbīs noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Sundanese
1 entries- soang noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Swahili
1 entries- bata-maji noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Swedish
1 entries- svan noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Tagalog
1 entries- sisne noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Tajik
1 entries- қу noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Tamil
2 entries- அன்னம் noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
- தூவி noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Tatar
1 entries- аккош noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Telugu
1 entries- హంస noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Thai
1 entries- หงส์ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Turkish
1 entries- kuğu noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Turkmen
1 entries- guw noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Tuvan
1 entries- куу noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Udmurt
1 entries- юсь noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ле́бідь noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Unami
1 entries- menkixsu noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- kołp noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Urdu
1 entries- ہنس noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئاق قۇ noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Uzbek
1 entries- oqqush noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Venetan
1 entries- zésamo noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thiên nga noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Volapük
1 entries- svan noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Welsh
1 entries- alarch noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
West-Frisian
1 entries- swan noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- kunuwaRa noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Yakut
1 entries- куба noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Yiddish
1 entries- שוואַן noun (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
An ugly duckling became a graceful swan.
Source: tatoeba (266458)
One way of committing suicide is by taking a swan dive off a tall building.
Source: tatoeba (1030603)
There is a swan in the water there.
Source: tatoeba (1142560)
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