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swans

swans is the plural of swan.

swans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of swan.

Meaning of swan

Noun

swan (plural swans or swan)

  1. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
  2. (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
  3. This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).

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Noun capitalized: Swans

Swans

  1. (plural) plural of Swan

Phrases with swans

Questions about swans

What is swans the plural of?
Swans is the plural of swan.
What part of speech is swans?
Swans is a noun.

Words near swans in the dictionary

  1. swannish
  2. swanny
  3. swanpan
  4. swanpans
  5. Swanpool
  6. swans
  7. Swans Crossing
  8. Swanscombe
  9. Swanscombe and Greenhithe
  10. swansdown
  11. swansdowns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swans (page history and authors); Swans (page history and authors); swan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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