cobra
English

an Egyptian cobra
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊbɹə/, /ˈkɒbɹə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊbɹə/
Derived terms
- Asian cobra, Indian cobra, spectacled cobra
- Cape cobra, yellow cobra
- cobra effect
- cobra lily
- Egyptian cobra
- king cobra
- monocled cobra
- spitting cobra
Translations
venomous snake
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Catalan
Dutch
Pronunciation
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra. Doublet of couleuvre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.bʁa/
Audio (file)
References
- “cobra” in le 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): /ˈkɔβɾa̝/
Etymology 2
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cobra, from Latin copula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔβɾa̝/
Noun
cobra f (plural cobras)
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): /ˈkɔbˠɾˠə/
Declension
Declension of cobra
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- rí-chobra (“king cobra”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cobra | chobra | gcobra |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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.
Portuguese

cobra (Naja philippinensis)
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”).
Usage notes
Related terms
- cobreiro
- cobrejar
- cobrelo
- ofídico
Descendants
- Arabic: كُوبْرَا (kubrā), كُوبْرَا (kūbrā)
- Belarusian: ко́бра (kóbra)
- Bulgarian: ко́бра (kóbra)
- Czech: kobra
- Dutch: cobra
- English: cobra
- Esperanto: kobro
- Finnish: kobra
- German: Kobra
- Greek: κόμπρα (kómpra)
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: kobra
- Hindi: कोबरा (kobrā)
- Hungarian: kobra
- Ido: kobro
- Indo-Portuguese: cóber
- Italian: cobra
- Japanese: コブラ (kobura)
- Kabuverdianu: kóbra
- Korean: 코브라 (kobeura)
- Korlai Creole Portuguese: kɔb
- Kristang: kobra
- Lower Sorbian: kobra
- Norwegian: kobra
- Polish: kobra
- Principense: kobo
- Romanian: cobră
- Russian: ко́бра (kóbra)
- Sãotomense: koblo
- Serbo-Croatian: kȍbra
- Slovak: kobra
- Spanish: cobra
- Swedish: kobra
- Turkish: kobra
- Ukrainian: ко́бра (kóbra)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkobɾa/, [ˈkoβɾa]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”). Doublet of culebra.
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See cobrar.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔbra/
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cobra | gobra | nghobra | chobra |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “cobra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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