French

Noun

serpe f ‎(plural serpes)

1. sickle

Derived terms

• à la serpe

Related terms

• faux

Anagrams

• pères, Perse, peser

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese serpe, from Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns.

Noun

serpe f ‎(plural serpes)

1. serpent, snake

Derived terms

• serpe de cascabel

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns, from serpō ‎(“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

Noun

serpe f ‎(plural serpi)

1. snake
2. viper (figurative)

Related terms

• serpente
• serpeggiare

Anagrams

• perse, prese

Latin

Verb

serpe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of serpō

References

• SERPE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese serpe, from Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns, from serpō ‎(“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

Cognate with Galician serpe, Spanish sierpe, Catalan serp, Occitan sèrp, Italian serpe and Romanian șarpe.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.pɨ/
• Hyphenation: ser‧pe

Noun

serpe f (plural serpes)

1. serpent, snake
2. (heraldry, mythology) wyvern
3. (figuratively) an ugly person

Synonyms

• cobra
• serpente

Derived terms

• Serpa