/ˈsɛʁ.pi/, [ˈsɛh.pi], /ˈsɛʁ.pi/
OrigemFrom Old Galician-Portuguese serpe, from Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns, from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.
Cognate with Galician serpe, Spanish sierpe, Catalan serp, Occitan sèrp, Italian serpe and Romanian șarpe.
- feminineserpent, snake
- femininewyvern
- feminine, figurativelyan ugly person
Formasserpes(plural)