couleuvre
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra, feminine counterpart to coluber (“snake”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of cobra, a borrowing from Portuguese.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]couleuvre f (plural couleuvres)
- (obsolete) serpent
- Synonym: serpent
- grass snake, garter snake
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “couleuvre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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- fr:Snakes