"guivre" meaning in All languages combined

See guivre on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: guivres [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} guivre (plural guivres)
  1. (heraldry, mythology) A serpentine creature, variously one with no limbs (like a simple snake, but often depicted swallowing someone), or with wings and only two legs (a wyvern). Categories (topical): Heraldic charges, Mythology

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɡivʁ/ Forms: guivres [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French guivre (whence also vouivre), from Latin vīpera. Related to English wyvern. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|guivre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French guivre, {{inh+|fr|fro|guivre}} Inherited from Old French guivre, {{inh|fr|la|vīpera}} Latin vīpera, {{cog|en|wyvern}} English wyvern Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} guivre f (plural guivres)
  1. (heraldry, mythology) a guivre (seprentine creature, variously limbless or winged and two-legged) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Heraldry, Mythology

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