Noun: serpe
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | serpe |
| Plural f | serpes |
Sample Sentences
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O cõde Fernã Gonçaluez andaua ontre [os] mouros, ferĩdo et matando assy com̃o [se] fosse serpe rauyosa (Count Fernán González was among the Moors, wounding and killing them as if he was a rabid serpent) [1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 111:]
Nouns inflected like serpe
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns. Cognate with Portuguese serpe, Spanish sierpe. See: Latin Nouns '
serpēns', Portuguese Nouns '
serpe', Spanish Nouns '
sierpe'.
Verbs referencing "serpe"
Portuguese Nouns
serpe.
Translations