serpentine

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.pənˌtaɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈsɝ.pənˌtaɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈsɝ.pənˌtin/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)pəntaɪn
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• rhymes with -aɪn
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• CMU ARPABET: S ER1 P AH0 N T AY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English serpentine, from Old French serpentin, from Latin serpentīnus, from serpēns (“serpent”), equivalent to serpent + -ine.

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ثُعْبَانِيّ (ṯuʕbāniyy) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Belarusian: змяі́ны (zmjaíny) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Belarusian: зьмяі́ны (zʹmjaíny) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Bulgarian: зми́йски (zmíjski) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Czech: hadí — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Finnish: käärmemäinen — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• French: serpentin — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• German: Schlangen- — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Italian: serpentino — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Latin: serpentīnus — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Macedonian: зми́ски (zmíski) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Manx: aarnieuagh — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Polish: wężowy — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Portuguese: ofídico — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Portuguese: serpentino — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Russian: змеи́ный (zmeínyj) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Serbo-Croatian: змѝјин — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Serbo-Croatian: зми̏јаст — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Serbo-Croatian: zmìjin — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Serbo-Croatian: zmȉjast — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Slovak: hadí — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Slovene: kačji — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Slovene: kačast — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Spanish: serpentino — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Ukrainian: змії́ний (zmijínyj) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes
• Finnish: juonikas — of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible — see also crafty, deceitful
• Portuguese: viperino — of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible — see also crafty, deceitful
• Russian: кова́рный (kovárnyj) — of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible — see also crafty, deceitful
• Bulgarian: змиеви́ден (zmievíden) — having the form of a snake
• Catalan: anguiforme — having the form of a snake
• Dutch: rddyufiy — having the form of a snake
• Dutch: tyfit — having the form of a snake
• Finnish: käärmemäinen — having the form of a snake
• French: anguiforme — having the form of a snake
• German: schlangenförmig — having the form of a snake
• Ancient Greek: ὀφιοειδής (ophioeidḗs) — having the form of a snake
• Macedonian: зми́јулест (zmíjulest) — having the form of a snake
• Macedonian: змијо́виден (zmijóviden) — having the form of a snake
• Manx: aarnieuagh — having the form of a snake
• Portuguese: serpentino — having the form of a snake
• Portuguese: serpentiforme — having the form of a snake
• Portuguese: anguiforme — having the form of a snake
• Russian: змеи́ный (zmeínyj) — having the form of a snake
• Russian: змееподо́бный (zmejepodóbnyj) — having the form of a snake
• Russian: змееви́дный (zmejevídnyj) — having the form of a snake
• Russian: змееобра́зный (zmejeobráznyj) — having the form of a snake
• Russian: изви́листый (izvílistyj) — having the form of a snake
• Bulgarian: криволи́чещ (krivolíčešt) — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Bulgarian: лъкату́шен (lǎkatúšen) — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Finnish: kiemurteleva — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Finnish: mutkitteleva — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Finnish: mutkikas — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• German: gewunden — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• German: sich schlängelnd — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Macedonian: кри́вулест (krívulest) — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Macedonian: кри́вулкав (krívulkav) — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Portuguese: serpentino — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Portuguese: sinuoso — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Russian: змееви́дный (zmejevídnyj) — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Spanish: serpentino — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Spanish: serpenteante — curving in alternate directions — see also sinuous
• Portuguese: serpentária — plant believed to cure snakebites
• Dutch: serpentijn — early form of cannon
• Finnish: serpentiini — early form of cannon
• Portuguese: serpentina — early form of cannon
• Spanish: serpentín — early form of cannon
• Bulgarian: серпентина (serpentina) — coiled distillation tube
• Portuguese: serpentina — coiled distillation tube
• Russian: змееви́к (zmejevík) — coiled distillation tube
• Bulgarian: серпентин (serpentin) — mineral
• Catalan: serpentina — mineral
• Finnish: serpentiini — mineral
• French: serpentine — mineral
• German: Schlangenstein — mineral
• German: Serpentin — mineral
• Greek: σερπεντίνης (serpentínis) — mineral
• Hindi: ज़हर मोहरा (zahar mohrā) — mineral
• Hungarian: szerpentin — mineral
• Irish: nathairín — mineral
• Italian: serpentino — mineral
• Japanese: 蛇紋石 (jamonseki) — mineral
• Latin: ophites — mineral
• Macedonian: серпенти́н (serpentín) — mineral
• Portuguese: serpentina — mineral
• Romanian: serpentin — mineral
• Russian: змееви́к (zmejevík) — mineral
• Russian: серпенти́н (serpentín) — mineral
• Spanish: serpentina — mineral
• Swedish: serpentin — mineral
• Turkish: yılan taşı — mineral
• Turkish: serpantin — mineral
• Ottoman Turkish: ییلان طاشی (yılan taşı) — mineral
• Ukrainian: змійови́к (zmijovýk) — mineral
• Ukrainian: серпенти́н (serpentýn) — mineral
• Finnish: serpentiinialue — outcrop or region