reptile

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. (informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc.
2. Any member of Reptilia, including birds.
3. (broadly, historical) A reptile or amphibian.
4. (dated, figuratively) A mean, grovelling, loathsome or repulsive person.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
2. (not-comparable) Grovelling; low; vulgar.

Έννοιες

ερπετό

ερπετά

έρπων

δόλιος

έρπετο

Συνώνυμα

reptilian

toad

snake

🐍

serpent

crawler

vermin

lizard

🦎

mean

monster

saurian

skunk

🦨

truckler

viper

living creature

animal

🐾

creeping thing

base

crawling

creeper

creeping

insect

Μεταφράσεις

reptile

rettile

Reptil

reptil

reptiel

réptil

Kriechtier

rèptil

sürüngen

Wurm

🪱

reptil

Reptilien

reptilia

reptil

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɹɛpˈtaɪl/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: reptil

In summary

From Middle English reptil, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from Latin rēpō (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).