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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin colubrum (“snake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.lu.bro/, (elevated style) /koˈlu.bro/
- Rhymes: -ɔlubro, (elevated style) -ubro
- Hyphenation: cò‧lu‧bro, (elevated style) co‧lù‧bro
Noun
colubro m (plural colubri)
- (literary) snake
- Synonyms: (literary) angue, serpe, serpente
- (zoology) any member of the Coluber taxonomic genus
Derived terms
Further reading
- colubro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- colubro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Noun
colubrō
- dative/ablative singular of coluber