# serpe
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French serpe, from Vulgar Latin *sarpa, from Latin sarpō. Compare Medieval Latin sarpa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛʁp/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛʁp

### Noun

serpe f (plural serpes)
* billhook, pruning hook, sickle (agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants)

#### Derived terms

* à la serpe

#### Related terms

* faux

### Further reading

* “serpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* pères, Perse, peser

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns. Cognate with Portuguese serpe, Spanish sierpe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛɾpe/ [ˈs̺ɛɾ.pɪ]
* Rhymes: -ɛɾpe
* Hyphenation: ser‧pe

### Noun

serpe f (plural serpes)
* serpent, snake
    Synonyms: bicha, cobra, cóbrega
** 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 111:O cõde Fernã Gonçaluez andaua ontre [os] mouros, ferĩdo et matando assy com̃o [se] fosse serpe rauyosaCount Fernán González was among the Moors, wounding and killing them as if he was a rabid serpent
* (folklore) dragon

#### Derived terms

* Cova da Serpe
* Cova de Xerpe
* Gerpe
* Serpe
* Serpes
* serpe de cascabel
* Xerpe

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “serpe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “serpe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “xerpe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “serpe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “serpe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

### Further reading

* “serpe”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “serpe” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛr.pe/
* Homophone: Serpe
* Rhymes: -ɛrpe
* Hyphenation: sèr‧pe

### Noun

serpe f (plural serpi)
* snake
* viper (figurative)

#### Related terms

* serpente
* serpeggiare

### References

* ↑ serpe in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* perse, prese

## Latin
### Verb

serpe
* second-person singular present active imperative of serpō

### References

* "serpe", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Old French
### Noun

serpe oblique singular, f (oblique plural serpes, nominative singular serpe, nominative plural serpes)
* serpent, snake

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛʁ.pi/ [ˈsɛh.pi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛʁ.pi/ [ˈsɛh.pi]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈsɛɾ.pi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈsɛʁ.pi/ [ˈsɛχ.pi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛɻ.pe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛɾ.pɨ/
* Hyphenation: ser‧pe

### Noun

serpe f (plural serpes)
* serpent, snake
    Synonyms: cobra, serpente
* (heraldry, mythology) wyvern
* (figuratively) an ugly person

#### Derived terms

* Serpa