"wyvern" meaning in English

See wyvern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈwaɪvə(ɹ)n/, /ˈwɪvə(ɹ)n/, /ˈwiːvə(ɹ)n/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wyvern1.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wyvern2.wav , en-us-wyvern.ogg Forms: wyverns [plural]
enPR: wī'və(r)n, wĭ'və(r)n, wē'və(r)n Rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ)n, -ɪvə(ɹ)n, -iːvə(ɹ)n Etymology: Alteration of Middle English wyver (“viper”), borrowed from Old Northern French wivre, from Latin vīpera (“viper; snake, serpent”). Doublet of weever and viper. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|wyver||viper}} Middle English wyver (“viper”), {{der|en|fro-nor|wivre}} Old Northern French wivre, {{der|en|la|vīpera||viper; snake, serpent}} Latin vīpera (“viper; snake, serpent”), {{doublet|en|weever}} Doublet of weever Head templates: {{en-noun}} wyvern (plural wyverns)
  1. (heraldry, mythology, fantasy) A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail. Categories (topical): Dragons, Fantasy, Heraldic charges, Mythological creatures, Mythology Synonyms: wivern, wiver, wyver Related terms: dragon, drake, lindworm, wyrm Translations (mythical dragon-like creature): виверн (vivern) (Bulgarian), víbria [feminine] (Catalan), vibra [feminine] (Catalan), 雙足龍 /双足龙 (shuāngzúfēilóng) (Chinese Mandarin), wyverna [feminine] (Czech), lindorm [common-gender] (Danish), wyvern (Dutch), (dukrura) drako (Esperanto), viverno (Esperanto), traakki (Finnish), vouivre [feminine] (French), guivre [feminine] (French), coca [feminine] (Galician), Lindwurm [masculine] (German), vuibhearn [masculine] (Irish), viverna [feminine] (Italian), 飛竜 (hiryū) (alt: ひりゅう) (Japanese), ワイバーン (waibān) (Japanese), 와이번 (waibeon) (Korean), वाय्व्हर्न (vāyvharna) [masculine] (Marathi), linnorm [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), linnorm [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wiwern [masculine] (Polish), wiwerna [feminine] (Polish), wywerna [feminine] (Polish), serpe [feminine] (Portuguese), guivra (Portuguese), виверн (vivern) [masculine] (Russian), виверна (viverna) [feminine] (Russian), dragón alado [masculine] (Spanish), guiverno [masculine] (Spanish), lindorm [common-gender] (Swedish)

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        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-",
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        "Rhymes:English/aɪvə(ɹ)n",
        "Rhymes:English/aɪvə(ɹ)n/3 syllables",
        "Rhymes:English/iːvə(ɹ)n",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪvə(ɹ)n",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
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        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Marathi translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
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        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "en:Dragons",
        "en:Fantasy",
        "en:Heraldic charges",
        "en:Mythological creatures",
        "en:Mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its moldwarps, its wyverns, and its dragons.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940-54 The Collected Poetry of Malcolm Lowry, \"WE SIT UNHACKLED DRUNK AND MAD TO EDIT\", UBC Press,1992, p.222",
          "text": "Notions of freedom are tied up in drink / Our ideal life contains a tavern / Where man may sit and talk of or just think / All without fear of the nighted wyvern, / Or yet another tavern where it appears."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "draconian",
          "draconian"
        ],
        [
          "barb",
          "barb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry, mythology, fantasy) A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy",
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "human-sciences",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "nobility",
        "philosophy",
        "politics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "wī'və(r)n"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "wĭ'və(r)n"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "wē'və(r)n"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwaɪvə(ɹ)n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪvə(ɹ)n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiːvə(ɹ)n/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪvə(ɹ)n"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪvə(ɹ)n"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːvə(ɹ)n"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wivern"
    },
    {
      "word": "wiver"
    },
    {
      "word": "wyver"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vivern",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "word": "виверн"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "víbria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vibra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuāngzúfēilóng",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "word": "雙足龍 /双足龙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wyverna"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lindorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "word": "wyvern"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "word": "(dukrura) drako"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "word": "viverno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "word": "traakki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vouivre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guivre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coca"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lindwurm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vuibhearn"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viverna"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひりゅう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiryū",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "word": "飛竜"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "waibān",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "word": "ワイバーン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "waibeon",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "word": "와이번"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "vāyvharna",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "वाय्व्हर्न"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "linnorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "linnorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wiwern"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wiwerna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wywerna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "serpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "word": "guivra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vivern",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "виверн"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "viverna",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "виверна"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dragón alado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guiverno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mythical dragon-like creature",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lindorm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wyvern"
}

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