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swan_song

swan song

See also: swansong

English

Alternative forms

swansong

Noun

swan song ‎(plural swan songs)

(idiomatic) A final performance or accomplishment, especially one before retirement.

Synonyms

farewell performance
last hurrah

Translations

a final performance

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Czech: labutí píseň (cs)
Danish: svanesang (da)
Dutch: zwanenzang (nl) m
Esperanto: cignokanto
Estonian: luigelaul
Finnish: joutsenlaulu (fi)
French: chant du cygne (fr) m
German: Schwanengesang (de) m

Greek: κύκνειο άσμα (el) n ‎(kýkneio ásma)
Hebrew: שירת הברבור
Hungarian: hattyúdal (hu)
Icelandic: svanasöngur
Italian: canto del cigno m
Japanese: 絶唱 ‎(zesshou)
Northern Sami: svanesång
Polish: łabędzi śpiew (pl)
Portuguese: canto do cisne (pt) m, canto de cisne m, canção do cisne f, canção de cisne f
Russian: лебеди́ная пе́сня (ru) f ‎(lebedínaja pésnja)
Swedish: svanesång (sv) c

References

↑ "swan song", Webster's Third New International Dictionary
↑ A Way With Words