serpent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), from the verb serpō (“I creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.
Pronunciation
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Noun
serpent (plural serpents)
- A snake.
- (music) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
- (figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
- A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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Verb
serpent (third-person singular simple present serpents, present participle serpenting, simple past and past participle serpented)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To wind or meander
- (obsolete, transitive) To encircle.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Evelyn to this entry?)
See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin serpēns, serpentem, from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.
Pronunciation
Noun
serpent m or f (plural serpents)
Synonyms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), from the verb serpō (“I creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.
Pronunciation
Noun
serpent n or f or m (plural serpenten, diminutive serpentje n)
- (formal, dated) snake
- Synonym: slang
- (formal) serpent, serpentine dragon, large snake
- Synonym: slang
- an unpleasant, spiteful or foulmouthed person, especially used of women
- Synonym: slang
Noun
serpent f (plural serpenten, diminutive serpentje n)
Descendants
- → West Frisian: serpint
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French serpent, from Old French serpent, from Latin serpentem, accusative form of serpēns, from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.
Pronunciation
Noun
serpent m (plural serpents)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “serpent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) serpent
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French serpent, from Latin serpentem, accusative singular form of serpēns.
Noun
serpent m (plural serpenz)
Descendants
- French: serpent
Old French
Etymology
From Latin serpēns, serpentem.
Noun
serpent oblique singular, m (oblique plural serpenz or serpentz, nominative singular serpenz or serpentz, nominative plural serpent)
Descendants
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Vallader) serpaint
Etymology
From Latin serpēns, serpentem.
Noun
serpent m (plural serpents)
Synonyms
- English terms borrowed from Old French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Musical instruments
- English verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English intransitive verbs
- English transitive verbs
- Requests for quotations/Evelyn
- en:Snakes
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns with no feminine ending
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- Catalan nouns with multiple genders
- ca:Reptiles
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old French
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Dutch nouns with multiple genders
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch formal terms
- Dutch dated terms
- nl:Musical instruments
- nl:People
- nl:Snakes
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Snakes
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin verb forms
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms inherited from Latin
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French masculine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- frm:Animals
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- fro:Animals
- Romansch terms inherited from Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch lemmas
- Romansch nouns
- Romansch masculine nouns
- Surmiran Romansch
- rm:Reptiles