serpiente

Significat (anglès)

1. (feminine) snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes)
2. (feminine,specifically) a large or medium-sized snake
3. (feminine,figuratively) snake

Amb guionet com

ser‧pien‧te

Gènere

♀️ Femení

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/seɾˈpjente/

Etimologia (anglès)

Inherited from Latin serpentem, derived from serpere (“slither, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Doublet of sierpe. Cognate with English serpent.

Sents

En el arte griego era representada como un pez con forma de serpiente .

In Greek art it was represented as a fish in the shape of a snake.