colobra
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra, feminine counterpart to coluber (“snake”), of uncertain origin. Compare Occitan colòbra, French couleuvre, and Spanish culebra. Doublet of cobra, which was borrowed from Portuguese.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
colobra f (plural colobres)
- a non-venomous snake
- (botany) dragonwort
- Synonyms: dragonera, serpentària
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “colobra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “colobra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.