serpenter
French, verb/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/
serpenter is spelled S-E-R-P-E-N-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serpenter is a French verb meaning “to snake, wind (move in a winding path)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suivre une direction sinueuse”.
What does serpenter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to snake, wind (move in a winding path)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Suivre une direction sinueuse.
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 serpenter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- serpentant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- serpenté participle past
- serpente first-person indicative present
- serpentes indicative present second-person
- serpentons first-person indicative plural
- serpentez indicative plural present
- serpentent indicative plural present
- serpentais first-person imperfect indicative
- serpentait imperfect indicative singular
- serpentions first-person imperfect indicative
- serpentiez imperfect indicative plural
- serpentaient imperfect indicative plural
- serpentai first-person historic indicative
- serpentas historic indicative past
- serpenta historic indicative past
- serpentâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serpenter?
- /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/
- \sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to serpenter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serpenter in French?
serpenter appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).