sierpe

Meaning

1. (feminine) large serpent, snake
2. (feminine, figuratively) wriggler, anything that wriggles
3. (feminine, figuratively) ugly person, angry person, dangerous person
4. (feminine) sprout, shoot, sucker

Concepts

snake

🐍

serpent

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bud

burgeon

queue

Synonyms

serpiente

🐍

culebra

🐍

retoño

sierpente

colubra

brote

serpentes

víbora

Translations

Schlange

🐍

serpent

🐍

serpente

🐍

φίδι

yılan

🐍

serp

🐍

slang

🐍

cobra

🐍

sèrp

serpe

🐍

serpente

serpēns

anguis

🐍

serpent

🐍

Hyphenated as

sier‧pe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsjeɾpe/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: serpēns

Cognate with Portuguese: serpe

Cognate with Catalan: serp

Cognate with Italian: serpe

Cognate with Romanian: șarpe

In summary

Inherited from Latin serpēns, apparently via the nominative form, perhaps remodeled into a Vulgar Latin *serpēs, *serpem. Ultimately from Latin serpere (“slither, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Cf. Spanish pavo (“turkey”) and gorgojo (“weevil”) for other animal names that may derive from the Latin nominative. Doublet of serpiente, from the Latin accusative serpentem. Compare Portuguese serpe, Catalan serp, Italian serpe, Romanian șarpe.