serpent
English
/ˈsɜːpənt/, /ˈsɝpənt/
noun
Definitions
- A snake.
- (musical instruments) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake ( (instrument)|Wikipedia article).
- (figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
- A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French serpent (snake, serpent) derived from Latin serpēns (snake, serpent, a snake) derived from Proto-Indo-European *serp- (creep, crawl, reap, harvest, sickle).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*serp-
Gloss
creep, crawl, reap, harvest, sickle
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鎌
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Serpens English
- Serpens Caput English
- Serpens Cauda English
- cone English
- conic English
- serpentarium English
- serpenticidal English
- serpenticide English
- serpenticone English
- serpenticonic English
- serpentist English
- serpentize English
- serpentkind English
- serpentlike English
- serpentry English
- serpentwood English
- wood English
- *serpentia Latin
- *serpes Latin
- sarpare Latin
- sarpo Latin
- serpe Latin
- serpe(m) Latin
- serpe(s) Latin
- serpens Latin
- serpentaria Latin
- serpentem Latin
- serpentem, serpēns Latin
- serpentiformis Latin
- serpentigena Latin
- serpentinus Latin
- serpentipes Latin
- serpes Latin
- serpo Latin
- serpula Latin
- serpēns Latin
- serpēns, serpentem, serpens Latin
- serpens German
- serpente Italian
- ἅρπη Ancient Greek
- ἕρπω Ancient Greek
- *serp- Proto-Indo-European
- *serp-en-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- सर्प Sanskrit
- serpent Old French
- serpent Catalan, Valencian
- sarff Welsh
- serpent Middle Dutch
- serpent Middle French
- *sarpás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *serpents Proto-Italic
- serpent Romansh
- sarpint Friulian
- jedpānit Marshallese
- *ḥarb- Proto-Semitic
- *ś(t)ripenī̆ Proto-Albanian
- sierpint Walloon
- sarpant Bourguignon
- sarpe Bourguignon
- serepenit Chuukese
- sarpare roa-oit