"Snake" meaning in All languages combined

See Snake on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Snake.wav Forms: Snakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Snake (countable and uncountable, plural Snakes)
  1. (astrology, timekeeping) The sixth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms (Chinese zodiac signs; year of the ~): Rat
    Sense id: en-Snake-en-name-B8qnIwSP Categories (other): Astrology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Chinese zodiac signs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 29 2 29 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 25 5 30 18 Disambiguation of Chinese zodiac signs: 36 13 1 29 21 Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'Chinese zodiac signs; year of the ~': 57 21 2 18 2
  2. (video games) An early computer game, later popular on mobile phones, in which the player attempts to manoeuvre a perpetually growing snake so as to collect food items and avoid colliding with walls or the snake's tail. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Snake-en-name-lExdtsop Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 29 2 29 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 25 5 30 18 Topics: video-games
  3. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Snake-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  4. A placename:
    A river in the northwestern United States, tributary to the Columbia.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in the United States, Rivers in the United States
    Sense id: en-Snake-en-name-EcmhTsj0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 29 2 29 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 18 8 33 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 25 5 30 18
  5. A placename:
    Ellipsis of Snake Island.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: Snake Island Related terms: Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig
    Sense id: en-Snake-en-name-oggrSVHD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 29 2 29 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 25 5 30 18

Noun [German Low German]

Forms: Snaken [plural], Snaak [alternative], Schnaak [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle Low German snāke, from Old Saxon *snako, from Proto-West Germanic *snakō (“snake”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nds-de|gml|snāke}} Middle Low German snāke, {{inh|nds-de|osx|*snako}} Old Saxon *snako, {{inh|nds-de|gmw-pro|*snakō|t=snake}} Proto-West Germanic *snakō (“snake”) Head templates: {{head|nds-de|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} Snake m, {{nds-de-noun|g=m|plural=Snaken}} Snake m (plural Snaken)
  1. snake Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Snake-nds-de-noun-U419n-eO Categories (other): German Low German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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