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Snunit (סנונית) means swallow in Hebrew.

It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

סְנוּנִית
snunit
noun · feminine
In English

swallow

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ס

The dictionary gives one meaning for Snunit.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    פרט ממשפחה של ציפורי שיר בעלת זנב ממוזלג העפה בלהקות. בפרט אלו שראשן, גבן וכנפיהן כחולות, והן אדומות שת.

The word Snunit is a feminine noun.

Written with vowel points
סְנוּנִית
Written without vowel points
סנונית
Said
snunit
Root
ס־נ־נ
Pattern
קְטוּלִית
Plural
סְנוּנִיּוֹת
Inflections
ר' סְנוּנִיּוֹת
Gematria
576

This is how Snunit is said in other languages.

English
swallow
Arabic
سنونو
Russian
ласточка
French
hirondelle
Spanish
golondrina
German
Schwalbe

These words rhyme with Snunit.

The word Snunit is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • סנונית אחת אינה מביאה את האביב

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The word Snunit comes from the root ס־נ־נ, like these words.

These words come before and after Snunit in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Snunit.

What does Snunit (⁨סנונית⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Snunit (⁨סנונית⁩) means swallow. It is said snunit, with the stress on nit.

What rhymes with Snunit (⁨סנונית⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Snunit (⁨סנונית⁩) include ⁨יוונית⁩, ⁨זווית⁩, ⁨לטינית⁩, ⁨שדרית⁩, ⁨עברית⁩, and ⁨תבנית⁩.

Is Snunit (⁨סנונית⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Snunit (⁨סנונית⁩) is a feminine noun, and its plural is ⁨סְנוּנִיּוֹת⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry סנונית of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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