different between adders vs cobra

English

Noun

adders

1. plural of adder

Anagrams

• dreads, re-adds, readds, sadder, sarded

Afrikaans

Noun

adders

1. plural of adder

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

adders

1. Plural form of adder

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??b??/, /?k?b??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ko?b??/

Noun

cobra (plural cobras)

1. Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.
2. A type of lanyard knot, thought to resemble a snake in its shape.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Barco, CORBA, Carbo, carbo, carbo-, carob, coarb

Catalan

Verb

cobra

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?.bra?/
• Hyphenation: co?bra

Noun

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

1. cobra, venomous snake from certain genera of the family Elapidae, especially of the genus Naja
2. (especially) Indian cobra, Naja naja

   Synonyms: brilslang, gewone cobra, Indiase cobra

Derived terms

• cobralelie
• gewone cobra
• Indiase cobra
• koningscobra

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.b?a/

Noun

cobra m (plural cobras)

1. cobra (snake)

References

• “cobra” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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): /?k???a?/

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): /?k???a?/

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): /?k?b????/

Noun

cobra m (genitive singular cobra, nominative plural cobraí)

1. cobra

Declension

Derived terms

• rí-chobra (“king cobra”)

Mutation

Further reading

• "cobra" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “cobra” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “cobra” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra, feminine of coluber (“snake, serpent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.bra/
• Rhymes: -?bra
• Hyphenation: cò?bra

Noun

cobra m (invariable)

1. cobra

Derived terms

Anagrams

• cabro, cabrò, corba

References

• cobra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?.b?a/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?k?.???/
• Hyphenation: co?bra

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”). Cognate with Galician cobra and Spanish culebra.

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.

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

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): /?kob?a/, [?ko.???a]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cobra f (plural cobras)

1. cobra
2. the act of hacer la cobra

Derived terms

• cobra real
• hacer la cobra

Related terms

• culebra

See also

• serpiente
• reptil
• veneno
• mordida

Etymology 2

See cobrar.

Verb

cobra

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) 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): /?k?bra/

Noun

cobra m or f (plural cobraod)

1. cobra

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “cobra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies