serp

• IPA^(key): /sɛrp/

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serp (plural serpe)

1. scarf

Inherited from Old Catalan serp, from Latin serpēns, derived from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈserp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈseɾp]

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serp f (plural serps)

1. snake

   Synonym: serpent

• “serp”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “serp” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥p-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian serp, Polish sierp, Czech srp, Serbo-Croatian sȓp, Russian серп (serp).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrp/
• Rhymes: -ɛrp
• Syllabification: serp

serp m inan (diminutive serpik)

1. sickle

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “serp”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “serp”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Borrowed from Sicilian serpi.

• IPA^(key): /sɛrp/
• Rhymes: -ɛrp

serp m (plural sriep, feminine serpa, diminutive srejjep)

1. snake

   Kleopatra qatlet ruħha b’idejha b’gidma ta’ serp velenuż.

   Cleopatra single-handedly killed herself with the bite of a poisonous snake.

• lifgħa

• siarp (Sursilvan)
• zearp (Sutsilvan)
• zerp (Surmiran)

From Vulgar Latin *serpes, from Latin serpēns.

serp f (plural serps)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) snake

• (Surmiran) serpent
• (Vallader) serpaint

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʀp/
• Rhymes: -ɛʀp
• Homophone: Serb
• Hyphenation: serp
• Syllabification: serp

serp m inan

1. sickle (agricultural utensil consisting of a short handle to which a curved and narrow steel or iron blade, with a serrated edge, is attached, used for mowing or harvesting)

• “serp” in Soblex