serpentaire
French, noun\sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛʁ\
serpentaire is spelled S-E-R-P-E-N-T-A-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serpentaire is a French masculine noun meaning “serpent eagle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vernaculaire de plusieurs oiseaux de proie rapaces diurnes (falconiformes) de la famille des accipitridés…”.
What does serpentaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineserpent eagle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de plusieurs oiseaux de proie rapaces diurnes (falconiformes) de la famille des accipitridés (Accipitridae) ou de la famille des sagittaridés (Sagittariidae), ophiophages, c’est-à-dire qui se nourrissent régulièrement ou occasionnellement de serpents.
noun: 1. Nom vulgaire de différentes plantes, réputées détruire les serpents ou guérir leurs morsures : Arum dracunculus ou Dracunculus vulgaris, les aristoloches (aristoloche de Virginie, Aristolochia serpentaria, aristoloche du Texas, Aristolochia reticulata), serpentaire rouge ou renouée bistorte, Polygonum bistorta, etc.
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 serpentaire
- serpentaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serpentaire?
- \sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is serpentaire in French?
serpentaire appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).