viper
English
/ˈvaɪpɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
- A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
- (slang) A person who smokes marijuana.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French vipere derived from Old French vipre derived from Latin vīpera (viper, snake, serpent), vivus (alive) + Latin pario (bear, give birth, beget, give birth to).
Origin
Latin
pario
Gloss
bear, give birth, beget, give birth to
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
熊
Emoji
🐨 🐻❄️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fish English
- viperfish English
- viperish English
- viperishly English
- viperishness English
- viperlike English
- viperoid English
- viperous English
- viperously English
- vive English
- vivisepulture English
- pario Latin
- redivivus Latin
- semivivus Latin
- vivus Latin
- vīpera Latin
- Viper German
- repertare Italian
- vipera Italian
- vipère French
- víbora Portuguese
- guivre Old French
- vipre Old French
- wivre Old French
- vipuro Esperanto
- viperă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vipere Middle French
- nvipiredz Aromanian
- vipirã Aromanian
- *gʷīwos Proto-Italic
- *parjō Proto-Italic
- lipare Friulian
- biuora Old Spanish
- vìpara Venetian
- biu Sardinian
- beîpara Istriot
- wivre ONF.