It had the head of a woman, the body of a lion, the wings of a bird, and the tail of a serpent.
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Serpent
//ˈsɜːpənt//
Synonyms for "serpent" (143 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (71)
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24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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1 entriesholonym
1 entriesis a
3 entriesmeronym
3 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
100 translations across 63 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἑρπετόν noun (snake)
- ὄφις noun (snake)
Arabic
4 entries- أَفْعَى noun (snake)
- تعبان noun (snake)
- ثُعْبَان noun (snake)
- حَنَش noun (snake)
Armenian
1 entries- օձ noun (snake)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ilan noun (snake)
Breton
2 entries- naer noun (snake)
- sarpant noun (snake)
Bulgarian
1 entries- змия noun (snake)
Catalan
3 entries- serp noun (snake)
- serpent noun (snake)
- serpentó noun (musical instrument)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 蛇 noun (snake)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 蛇 noun (snake)
- 蛇號 /蛇号 noun (musical instrument)
Chuukese
1 entries- serepenit noun (snake)
Czech
1 entries- had noun (snake)
Danish
1 entries- slange noun (snake)
Dutch
3 entries- serpent noun (snake)
- serpent noun (musical instrument)
- slang noun (snake)
Egyptian
1 entries- H-f:Aw-w-I14 noun (snake)
Esperanto
1 entries- serpento noun (snake)
Finnish
2 entries- käärme noun (snake)
- serpentti noun (musical instrument)
French
1 entries- serpent noun (snake)
Friulian
1 entries- sarpint noun (snake)
Galician
2 entries- bicha noun (snake)
- serpe noun (snake)
Georgian
1 entries- გველი noun (snake)
German
3 entries- Schlange noun (snake)
- Serpent noun (musical instrument)
- Wurm noun (snake)
Greek
2 entries- ερπετό noun (snake)
- φίδι noun (snake)
Hebrew
2 entries- נָחָשׁ noun (snake)
- שָׂרָף noun (snake)
Hungarian
2 entries- kígyó noun (snake)
- szerpent noun (musical instrument)
Icelandic
2 entries- höggormur noun (snake)
- naðra noun (snake)
Indonesian
1 entries- ular noun (snake)
Italian
4 entries- serpe noun (snake)
- serpente noun (snake)
- serpente noun (musical instrument)
- serpentone noun (musical instrument)
Japanese
2 entries- セルパン noun (musical instrument)
- 蛇 noun (snake)
Kashmiri
2 entries- سَرُف noun (snake)
- سَرُپھ noun (snake)
Korean
1 entries- 뱀 noun (snake)
Latin
3 entries- anguis noun (snake)
- coluber noun (snake)
- serpēns noun (snake)
Latvian
1 entries- čūska noun (snake)
Lushootseed
1 entries- bə́c'əc noun (snake)
Macedonian
1 entries- зми́ја noun (snake)
Manx
2 entries- aarnieu noun (snake)
- ardnieu noun (snake)
Middle English
2 entries- addere noun (snake)
- naddere noun (snake)
Māori
1 entries- nākahi noun (snake)
Nahuatl
1 entries- coatl noun (snake)
Occitan
1 entries- sèrp noun (snake)
Ojibwe
1 entries- ginebig noun (snake)
Old English
2 entries- nædre noun (snake)
- nǣddre noun (snake)
Oromo
1 entries- bofa noun (snake)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ییلان noun (snake)
Persian
2 entries- اربد noun (snake)
- مار noun (snake)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schlang noun (snake)
Polish
1 entries- wąż noun (snake)
Portuguese
2 entries- serpente noun (snake)
- serpentão noun (musical instrument)
Quechua
1 entries- amaru noun (snake)
Romanian
1 entries- șarpe noun (snake)
Russian
1 entries- змея́ noun (snake)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अहि noun (snake)
- सर्प noun (snake)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- guja noun (snake)
- zmija noun (snake)
Spanish
3 entries- serpentón noun (musical instrument)
- serpiente noun (snake)
- sierpe noun (snake)
Swahili
1 entries- joka noun (snake)
Swedish
1 entries- orm noun (snake)
Tatar
1 entries- елан noun (snake)
Tocharian B
1 entries- sarpe noun (snake)
Turkish
1 entries- yılan noun (snake)
Ugaritic
2 entries- 𐎁𐎘𐎐 noun (snake)
- 𐎐𐎈𐎌 noun (snake)
Volapük
2 entries- snek noun (snake)
- särpentum noun (musical instrument)
Walloon
1 entries- sierpint noun (snake)
Welsh
1 entries- sarff noun (snake)
Yiddish
1 entries- שלאַנג noun (snake)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
It's the serpent who tempted Eve.
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From above the river looks like a serpent slithering through the jungle.
Source: tatoeba (565775)
The serpent tempted Eve.
Source: tatoeba (809841)
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