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common European adder

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A venomous snake of species Vipera berus, in the family Viperidae, that can be found throughout much of Europe, and as far as East Asia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: common European viper, common adder, common viper, cross adder

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aragonese: escurzón europeu — Vipera berus
  • Armenian: սովորական իժ (sovorakan iž) — Vipera berus
  • Bulgarian: усойница (usojnica) — Vipera berus
  • Chuvash: хура ҫӗлен (hura ś̬ĕlen) — Vipera berus
  • Danish: hugorm — Vipera berus
  • Dutch: adder — Vipera berus
  • Estonian: harilik rästik — Vipera berus
  • Estonian: rästik — Vipera berus
  • Faroese: høggormur — Vipera berus
  • French: vipère péliade — Vipera berus
  • West-Frisian: njirre — Vipera berus
  • Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი გველგესლა (čveulebrivi gvelgesla) — Vipera berus
  • German: Kreuzotter — Vipera berus
  • Greek: αστρίτης (astrítis) — Vipera berus
  • Hungarian: keresztes vipera — Vipera berus
  • Italian: marasso — Vipera berus
  • Korean: 북살모사 (buksalmosa) — Vipera berus
  • Latvian: odze — Vipera berus
  • Livvi: harmai mado — Vipera berus
  • Macedonian: лутица (lutica) — Vipera berus
  • Macedonian: отровница (otrovnica) — Vipera berus
  • Macedonian: шарка (šarka) — Vipera berus
  • Western Mari: шим кӹшкӹ (šim kÿškÿ) — Vipera berus
  • Navajo: béésh Bichʼahii Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ tłʼiish báhádzidígíí — Vipera berus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hoggorm — Vipera berus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hoggorm — Vipera berus
  • Polish: żmija zygzakowata — Vipera berus
  • Portuguese: víbora-europeia-comum — Vipera berus
  • Russian: обыкнове́нная гадю́ка (obyknovénnaja gadjúka) — Vipera berus
  • Serbo-Croatian: шарка — Vipera berus
  • Lower Sorbian: zmija — Vipera berus
  • Spanish: víbora común europea — Vipera berus
  • Swedish: huggorm — Vipera berus
  • Tatar: гади кара елан (ğädi qara yılan) — Vipera berus
  • Turkish: bayağı engerek — Vipera berus
  • Ukrainian: гадю́ка звича́йна (hadjúka zvyčájna) — Vipera berus
  • Ukrainian: ґа́лиця (gálycja) — Vipera berus