Snake

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Intransitive verb 1.4.1 Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English < Old English snaca < Proto-Germanic *snakon < Proto-Indo-European base *snag- , *sneg- (to crawl, a creeping thing).

Pronunciation

• AHD : snāk
• IPA : /sneɪk/
• SAMPA : /sneIK/

Noun

snake (pl. snakes )

1. A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes.
2. A tool for unplugging plumbing.

Synonyms

• serpent

Translations

reptile

Arabic: ثُعْبَان (thoaʕbáːn) m, ثَعَابِينُ (thaʕabíːn) pl Bosnian: zmija f Breton: naer f, naered pl, sarpant m, sarpanted pl Bulgarian: змия (zmija) f Catalan: serp f, serpent f Chinese: 蛇 (shé) Croatian: zmija f Czech: had m Danish: slange Dutch: slang f, serpent n Finnish: käärme French: serpent m German: Schlange f, Schlangen pl Greek (Ancient): ὄφις (óphis) m, ἑρπετόν (herpetón) n Greek (Modern): φίδι (phídi) n, όφις (óphis) m, φείδι (pheídi) n Hebrew: נחש (nakhaš) m Hungarian: kígyó Indonesian: ular Italian: serpente m

Japanese: 蛇 (へび, hébi) Korean: 뱀 (baem) Lakota: zuzeca Latin: serpens m/f, vipera f Lithuanian: gyvatė f Nahuatl: coatl Norwegian: slange , orm Polish: wąż m Portuguese: serpente f Romanian: şarpe m Russian: змея (zmejá) f, змеи (zméi) pl Serbian: змеја (zmeja) f Slovak: had m Slovene: kača f Spanish: serpiente f Swahili: nyoka sg/pl (noun 9/10) Swedish: orm c Thai: งู (nguu) Tok Pisin: snek Turkish: yılan Ukrainian: змія (zmijá) f

plumbing tool

See also

Intransitive verb

to snake (snaked , snaking )

1. to move in a winding path. (The river snakes through the valley.)

Translations

Bosnian: vijugati se , izvijati se Finnish: kiemurrella French: serpenter German: winden , sich winden , schlängeln

Portuguese: serpentear Spanish: culebrear , serpentear , hacer culebra Swedish: slingra , slingra sig , vindla Thai: เลื้อย (lūūāy)