couleuvre
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.