colobra

Catalan

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈlɔ.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈlɔ.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈlɔ.bɾa]

Noun

colobra f (plural colobres)

1. a non-venomous snake
2. (botany) dragonwort

   Synonyms: dragonera, serpentària

Derived terms

• colobra d'Esculapi
• colobra de caputxó
• colobra de collar
• colobra de ferradura
• colobra de mar
• colobra de Montpeller
• colobra escalonada
• colobra escurçonera
• colobra llisa
• colobra verda i groga
• colobrina

 

Further reading

• “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.