"serpent" meaning in Old French

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Noun

IPA: /serˈpẽnt/, /serˈpãnt/ (note: later) Forms: serpent oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], serpenz [oblique, plural], serpentz [oblique, plural], serpenz [nominative, singular], serpentz [nominative, singular], serpent [nominative, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin serpentem, accusative form of serpēns. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|:inh|la:serpēns}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*serpō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "serpō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "serpēns", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "serpent", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" }" data-lang="fro" data-title="serpent">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fro|la|serpentem|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin serpentem, {{inh+|fro|la|serpentem}} Inherited from Latin serpentem, {{lg|accusative}} accusative Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} serpent oblique singular, m (oblique plural serpenz or serpentz, nominative singular serpenz or serpentz, nominative plural serpent)
  1. snake
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Download raw JSONL data for serpent meaning in Old French (3.3kB)

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