dragon

Meaning

1. A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
2. A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
3. (obsolete) An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
4. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
5. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
6. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
7. (capitalized, often, with-definite-article) The constellation Draco.
8. (derogatory) A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan.
9. (UK, derogatory, rare, slang) An unattractive woman.
10. (capitalized, often, with-definite-article) The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
11. (figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous.
12. A class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.
13. A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
14. (historical) A type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt.
15. (rare) A background process similar to a daemon.
16. A variety of carrier pigeon.

Synonyms

flying dragon

snake

🐍

flying lizard

firedrake

serpent

tartar

monster

drake

wyrm

Tatsu

basilisk

dragonet

crocodile

🐊

Draco

floods

ogre

worm

🪱

wyvern

sea monster

Translations

dragon

🐉

Drache

🐉

drago

🐉

dragón

🐉

dragão

🐉

draak

🐉

dragone

🐉

drac

🐉

δράκος

ejderha

🐉

draco

🐉

تنين

dragon

δράκοντας

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɹæɡən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dragoun

Inherited from Old English: draca

In summary

From Middle English dragoun, borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō(n), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”). Mostly displaced Old English draca (whence modern drake)—from the same Latin source, as are Draco, dracone, and dragoon.