serpent
French, noun/sɛʁ.pɑ̃/
serpent is spelled S-E-R-P-E-N-T (7 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serpent is a French masculine noun meaning “snake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Reptile apode de l’ordre des squamates, au corps très allongé et cylindrique”.
What does serpent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesnake
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reptile apode de l’ordre des squamates, au corps très allongé et cylindrique. 2. Symbole du mal et de la Chute; symbole de la tentation mensongère et néfaste. 3. Peau de cet animal. 4. Instrument de musique à vent, de forme serpentine, employé dans les églises pour soutenir les voix.
noun: 1. Personne née durant l’année du Serpent.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of serpent
- serpents plural
- serpente feminine
- Serpents plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serpent?
- /sɛʁ.pɑ̃/
- \sɛʁ.pɑ̃\
- [sɛʁ.pɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to serpent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serpent in French?
serpent appears 10 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).