viper

See also: Viper

English

Etymology

From Middle French vipere, from Old French vipre, from Latin vīpera. Doublet of weever and wyvern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪpɚ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪpə(r)

Noun

viper (plural vipers)

1. A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.

   Synonym: adder

2. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Who committed / To such a viper his most sacred trust / Of secrecy.

Derived terms

• horned viper
• red viper
• viperfish
• vipergrass
• viperish
• viper's bugloss

Translations

a poisonous snake in the family Viperidae

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: אכדנא f (’ekidnā’)

  Syriac: ܐܟܕܢܐ f (’ekidnā’)

• Armenian: իժ (hy) (iž)
• Aromanian: vipirã f
• Belarusian: гадзю́ка f (hadzjúka)
• Bulgarian: змия (bg) f (zmija), пепеля́нка (bg) f (pepeljánka)
• Catalan: escurçó (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毒蛇 (zh) (dúshé), 蝰蛇 (zh) (kuíshé)

• Czech: zmije (cs) f
• Dalmatian: carnoit m
• Dutch: adder (nl)
• Esperanto: vipero, vipuro
• Estonian: rästik (et)
• Finnish: kyy (fi), kyykäärme (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: crotâl m, vipèro m
• French: vipère (fr) f
• Friulian: lipare f, vipare f
• Galician: naia f, sacaveira f
• Georgian: გველგესლა (gvelgesla), გველი (gveli)
• German: Kreuzotter (de) f, Otter (de) f, Viper (de) f
• Greek: έχιδνα (el) f (échidna), οχιά (el) f (ochiá)

  Ancient: ἔχιδνα f (ékhidna)

• Hebrew: צפע (he) m (tséfa)
• Hindi: वाइपर m (vāipar)
• Hungarian: vipera (hu)
• Icelandic: höggormur (is) m
• Ido: vipero (io)
• Indonesian: beludak (id)
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• Irish: nathair f
• Istriot: beîpara f
• Italian: vipera (it) f
• Japanese: 毒蛇 (ja) (どくへび, doku-hebi), クサリヘビ (kusari-hebi), 鎖蛇 (ja) (くさりへび, kusari-hebi)
• Korean: 독사 (ko) (doksa) (毒蛇 (ko))
• Latin: vipera f
• Latvian: odze
• Lithuanian: angis f
• Low German: Adder (nds) f; Krüüzadder f, Kriizadder f
• Macedonian: отровница f (otrovnica)
• Norwegian: huggorm n
• Persian: گرزه‌مار (garzemār), گرزه (fa) (garze)
• Polish: żmija (pl) f
• Portuguese: víbora (pt) f
• Romanian: năpârcă (ro) f, viperă (ro)
• Romansch: vipra f
• Russian: гадю́ка (ru) f (gadjúka)
• Sanskrit: पृदाकु (sa) m (pṛdāku)
• Slovene: gad m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: zmija f

• Spanish: víbora (es) f
• Swedish: huggorm (sv) c
• Tagalog: ulupong
• Turkish: engerek (tr)
• Ukrainian: гадю́ка f (hadjúka)
• Welsh: gwiber f, neidr ddu f
• West Frisian: njirre c
• Westrobothnian: ,

adder — see adder