reptilian

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Of or relating to the members of the class Reptilia (reptiles).
2. Reptilelike.
3. (figuratively) Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.
4. (figuratively) Cold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile.

Noun

1. A reptilian animal: a reptile.
2. (figuratively) A reptilian person, especially (ethnic slur) a Jew.
3. A reptilian alien, especially (ufology, often capitalized) of a shapeshifting race alleged to secretly control the world.

Conceptes

rèptil

infidel

Sinònims

reptile

mean

crawling

creeper

creeping

groveling

reptiles

truckler

base

reptilious

crawler

Traduccions

reptil

زَاحِف

rettile

ερπετό

ερπετοειδής

ερπετόμορφος

ερπετώδης

reptile

peu fiable

proditoria

ambiguus

dubbelhartig

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɹɛpˈtɪliən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From reptile + -ian, replacing earlier reptilious and adjectival reptile.