cobra

English

an Egyptian cobra

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (snake).

Pronunciation

Noun

cobra (plural cobras)

  1. Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams


Catalan

Verb

cobra

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of cobrar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of cobrar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

cobra f (plural cobra's, diminutive cobraatje n)

  1. cobra
    Synonym: brilslang

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra. Doublet of couleuvre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.bʁa/
  • (file)

Noun

cobra m (plural cobras)

  1. cobra (snake)

References


Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese coobra (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Latin colubra (snake).

Alternative forms

  • cóbrega, quiobra

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔβɾa̝/

Noun

cobra f (plural cobras)

  1. snake
    Synonym: serpe
  2. cobra

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cobra, from Latin copula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔβɾa̝/

Noun

cobra f (plural cobras)

  1. (historical) stanze
    Synonym: copla
  2. (archaic) paragraph
    • 1405, Enrique Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega
      vay todo escripto en hua cobra et man de papel et cosido con fio branco de linno et ennas juntas meu nome

References

  • cobra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • coobra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • cobra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • cobra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • cobra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cobra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cobra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (snake, serpent).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔbˠɾˠə/

Noun

cobra m (genitive singular cobra, nominative plural cobraí)

  1. cobra

Declension

Derived terms

  • rí-chobra (king cobra)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cobra chobra gcobra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra.

Noun

cobra m (invariable)

  1. cobra

Anagrams


Portuguese

cobra (Naja philippinensis)

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.bɾa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.βɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: co‧bra

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra (snake).

Noun

cobra f (plural cobras)

  1. snake
    Synonyms: serpente, ofídio
Usage notes
  • The gender of this Portuguese word is always feminine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “cobra macho” for male, and “cobra fêmea” for female.
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

cobra

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of cobrar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of cobrar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkobɾa/, [ˈkoβɾa]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (snake). Doublet of culebra.

Noun

cobra f (plural cobras)

  1. cobra
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

See cobrar.

Verb

cobra

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of cobrar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cobrar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of cobrar.

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔbra/

Noun

cobra m or f (plural cobraod)

  1. cobra

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cobra gobra nghobra chobra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), cobra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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