"serpent" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɜːpənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɝpənt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-serpent.ogg Forms: serpents [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *serp- Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti Proto-Italic *serpō Proto-Italic *serpents Latin serpēns Old French serpentbor. Middle English serpent English serpent From Middle English serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), present active participle of serpere (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. In this sense, displaced native Old English nǣdre (“snake, serpent”), whence Modern English adder. Compare Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa, “snake”), which is a descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European word as serpent. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:inh|enm:serpent<ety:bor<fro:serpent>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *serp- Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti Proto-Italic *serpō Proto-Italic *serpents Latin serpēns Old French serpentbor. Middle English serpent English serpent, {{inh|en|enm|serpent}} Middle English serpent, {{der|en|fro|serpent||snake, serpent}} Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), {{der|en|la|serpēns||snake}} Latin serpēns (“snake”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*serpō}} Proto-Italic *serpō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*serp-}} Proto-Indo-European *serp-, {{ncog|ang|nǣdre||snake, serpent}} Old English nǣdre (“snake, serpent”), {{cog|sa|सर्प|t=snake}} Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa, “snake”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} serpent (plural serpents)
  1. (now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one. Tags: literary Hyponyms (Of the sense “a snake”): Airavata, amaru, amphiptere, amphisbaena, Da, ouroboros, sea serpent Holonyms (Of the sense “a snake”): reptile Meronyms (Of the sense “a snake”): rattle, snakeskin, spire
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  2. (figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. Tags: figuratively Related terms (Terms derived from Latin “serpēns”): Serpens [proper-noun], serpentiform [adjective], serpentigenous [adjective], serpentine (english: adj/noun/verb) Translations (snake): ὄφις (óphis) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἑρπετόν (herpetón) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ثُعْبَان (ṯuʕbān) [masculine] (Arabic), حَنَش (ḥanaš) [masculine] (Arabic), حَيَّة (ḥayya) [feminine] (Arabic), أَفْعَى (ʔafʕā) [feminine] (Arabic), تعبان (tiʕbān) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), օձ (ōj) (Armenian), ilan (Azerbaijani), naer [feminine] (Breton), sarpant [masculine] (Breton), змия (zmija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), serpent [feminine] (Catalan), serp (Catalan), (se⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), (shé) (Chinese Mandarin), serepenit (Chuukese), had [masculine] (Czech), slange [common-gender] (Danish), serpent [neuter] (Dutch), slang [feminine] (Dutch), H-f:Aw-w-I14 (ḥfꜣw) [masculine] (Egyptian), serpento (Esperanto), käärme (Finnish), serpent [masculine] (French), sarpint [masculine] (Friulian), serpe [feminine] (Galician), bicha [feminine] (Galician), გველი (gveli) (Georgian), Schlange [feminine] (German), Wurm [masculine, poetic] (German), ερπετό (erpetó) [neuter] (Greek), φίδι (fídi) [neuter] (Greek), נָחָשׁ (nakhásh) [masculine] (Hebrew), שָׂרָף (saraf) [masculine] (Hebrew), kígyó (Hungarian), höggormur [masculine] (Icelandic), naðra [feminine] (Icelandic), ular (Indonesian), serpente [masculine] (Italian), serpe [feminine] (Italian), (hebi) (alt: へび) (Japanese), سَرُپھ (saruph) (Kashmiri), سَرُف (saruf) (Kashmiri), (baem) (Korean), serpēns (Latin), coluber [masculine] (Latin), anguis [masculine] (Latin), čūska [feminine] (Latvian), bə́c'əc (Lushootseed), зми́ја (zmíja) [feminine] (Macedonian), ardnieu [masculine] (Manx), aarnieu [masculine] (Manx), nākahi (Maori), addere (Middle English), naddere (Middle English), coatl (Nahuatl), sèrp [masculine] (Occitan), ginebig (Ojibwe), nædre (Old English), nǣddre (Old English), bofa (Oromo), ییلان (yılan) (Ottoman Turkish), مار (mâr) (Persian), اربد (arbad) (Persian), Schlang [feminine] (Plautdietsch), wąż [masculine] (Polish), serpente [feminine] (Portuguese), amaru (Quechua), șarpe [masculine] (Romanian), змея́ (zmejá) (Russian), सर्प (sarpa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), अहि (ahi) [masculine] (Sanskrit), zmija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), guja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), serpiente [feminine] (Spanish), sierpe [archaic, feminine] (Spanish), joka (Swahili), orm [common-gender] (Swedish), елан (yılan) (Tatar), sarpe (Tocharian B), yılan (Turkish), 𐎐𐎈𐎌 (nḥš) (Ugaritic), 𐎁𐎘𐎐 (bṯn) (Ugaritic), snek (Volapük), sierpint [masculine] (Walloon), sarff [feminine] (Welsh), שלאַנג (shlang) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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traitor, treacher [archaic], treacherer [archaic, uncommon], treasonist, turntippet [obsolete], withersake [archaic], wolf in sheep's clothing Synonyms (Terms derived from Latin): ophidian, remora [heraldry, hobbies, nobility, monarchy, politics, government, lifestyle] Disambiguation of 'Terms derived from Latin': 1 49 14 13 23 Derived forms (Terms derived from “serpent”): fiery serpent, serpentarium [noun], serpenticidal [adjective], serpenticide [noun], serpenticone [noun], serpenticonic [adjective], serpentist [noun], serpentize [verb], serpentkind [noun], serpentlike [adjective], serpentry [noun], serpopard [noun] Disambiguation of 'Terms derived from “serpent”': 11 37 14 14 24 Disambiguation of 'Terms derived from Latin “serpēns”': 10 44 13 12 21 Disambiguation of 'snake': 34 47 20 0 0
  3. (music) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article). Translations (musical instrument): serpentó [masculine] (Catalan), 蛇號 /蛇号 (shéhào) (Chinese Mandarin), serpent [feminine] (Dutch), serpentti (Finnish), Serpent [masculine, neuter] (German), szerpent (Hungarian), serpentone [masculine] (Italian), serpente [masculine] (Italian), セルパン (serupan) (Japanese), serpentão [masculine] (Portuguese), serpentón [masculine] (Spanish), särpentum (Volapük)
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  4. A kind of firework with a serpentine motion. Hyponyms (Of the sense “a firework”): Pharaoh's serpent
    Sense id: en-serpent-en-noun-HPgHARQI Disambiguation of 'Of the sense “a firework”': 0 0 0 100 0
  5. (mythology, fantasy) A snake-like monster, such as a dragon or sea serpent.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Terms derived from Germanic roots): adder [obsolete], edder [dialectal, variant], snake Derived forms (Attributive uses of the noun “serpent”): serpent cucumber, serpent eagle, serpent-eater, serpent gourd, serpent-grass, serpent radish, serpent seed, serpent star, serpent's tongue, serpentwood
Disambiguation of 'Terms derived from Germanic roots': 1 33 20 12 34 Disambiguation of 'Attributive uses of the noun “serpent”': 13 32 17 9 29

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɜːpənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɝpənt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-serpent.ogg Forms: serpents [present, singular, third-person], serpenting [participle, present], serpented [participle, past], serpented [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *serp- Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti Proto-Italic *serpō Proto-Italic *serpents Latin serpēns Old French serpentbor. Middle English serpent English serpent From Middle English serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), present active participle of serpere (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. In this sense, displaced native Old English nǣdre (“snake, serpent”), whence Modern English adder. Compare Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa, “snake”), which is a descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European word as serpent. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:inh|enm:serpent<ety:bor<fro:serpent>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *serp- Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti Proto-Italic *serpō Proto-Italic *serpents Latin serpēns Old French serpentbor. Middle English serpent English serpent, {{inh|en|enm|serpent}} Middle English serpent, {{der|en|fro|serpent||snake, serpent}} Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), {{der|en|la|serpēns||snake}} Latin serpēns (“snake”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*serpō}} Proto-Italic *serpō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*serp-}} Proto-Indo-European *serp-, {{ncog|ang|nǣdre||snake, serpent}} Old English nǣdre (“snake, serpent”), {{cog|sa|सर्प|t=snake}} Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa, “snake”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} serpent (third-person singular simple present serpents, present participle serpenting, simple past and past participle serpented)
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To wind or meander Tags: intransitive, obsolete
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  2. (obsolete, transitive) To encircle. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-serpent-en-verb-Wh5HZ89J
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: herpetology, lizard, reptile, snake

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ka",
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  ],
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}

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