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===Alternative forms=== |
===Alternative forms=== |
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* {{alt|en|wivern|wiver|wyver}} |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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{{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-}} |
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Alteration of {{inh|en|enm|wyver||viper}}, borrowed from {{der|en| |
Alteration of {{inh|en|enm|wyver||viper}}, borrowed from {{der|en|fro-nor|wivre}}, from {{der|en|la|vīpera||viper; snake, serpent}}. {{doublet|en|weever}} and {{m|en|viper}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{enPR|wī'və(r)n|wĭ'və(r)n}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈwaɪvə(ɹ)n/|/ˈwɪvə(ɹ)n/}} |
* {{enPR|wī'və(r)n|wĭ'və(r)n|wē'və(r)n}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈwaɪvə(ɹ)n/|/ˈwɪvə(ɹ)n/|/ˈwiːvə(ɹ)n/}} |
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* {{rhymes|en|aɪvə(ɹ)n|ɪvə(ɹ)n|iːvə(ɹ)n|s1=3}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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# {{lb|en|heraldiccharge|mythology|fantasy}} A [[draconian]] creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a [[barb]]ed tail. |
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#* {{RQ:Scott Waverley|passage=The [[jargon]] of heraldry, its [[griffin]]s, its [[moldwarp]]s, its '''wyverns''', and its dragons.}} |
#* {{RQ:Scott Waverley|passage=The [[jargon]] of heraldry, its [[griffin]]s, its [[moldwarp]]s, its '''wyverns''', and its dragons.}} |
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#* '''1940-54''' ''The Collected Poetry of {{w|Malcolm Lowry}}'', "WE SIT UNHACKLED DRUNK AND MAD TO EDIT", UBC Press,1992, p.222: |
#* '''1940-54''' ''The Collected Poetry of {{w|Malcolm Lowry}}'', "WE SIT UNHACKLED DRUNK AND MAD TO EDIT", UBC Press,1992, p.222: |
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* Catalan: {{t|ca|víbria|f}}, {{t+|ca|vibra|f}} |
* Catalan: {{t|ca|víbria|f}}, {{t+|ca|vibra|f}} |
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* Chinese: |
* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|雙足 |
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|雙足龍|tr=shuāngzúfēilóng}} |
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* Czech: {{t|cs|wyverna|f}} |
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* Danish: {{t|da|lindorm|c}} |
* Danish: {{t|da|lindorm|c}} |
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* Dutch: {{t|nl|wyvern}} |
* Dutch: {{t|nl|wyvern}} |
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* Esperanto: {{t|eo|([[dukrura]]) [[drako]]}}, {{t|eo|viverno}} |
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|([[dukrura]]) [[drako]]}}, {{t|eo|viverno}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|traakki}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|traakki}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|vouivre}}, {{t+|fr|guivre}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|vouivre|f}}, {{t+|fr|guivre|f}} |
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* Galician: {{t|gl|coca|f}} |
* Galician: {{t+|gl|coca|f}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Lindwurm|m}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Lindwurm|m}} |
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{{trans-mid}} |
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* Irish: {{t|ga|vuibhearn|m}} |
* Irish: {{t|ga|vuibhearn|m}} |
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* Italian: {{t|it|viverna|f}} |
* Italian: {{t|it|viverna|f}} |
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* Japanese: {{t+|ja|飛竜|tr=[[ひりゅう]], hiryū}}, {{t|ja|ワイバン|tr= |
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|飛竜|tr=[[ひりゅう]], hiryū}}, {{t+|ja|ワイバーン|tr=waibān}} |
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* Korean: {{t|ko|와이번}} |
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* Marathi: {{t|mr|वाय्व्हर्न|m}} |
* Marathi: {{t|mr|वाय्व्हर्न|m}} |
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* Norwegian: |
* Norwegian: |
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*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|linnorm|m}} |
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|linnorm|m}} |
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*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|linnorm|m}} |
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|linnorm|m}} |
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* Polish: {{t|pl|wywerna|f}} |
* Polish: {{t|pl|wiwern|m}}, {{t|pl|wiwerna|f}}, {{t|pl|wywerna|f}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|serpe}} |
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|serpe|f}}, {{t|pt|guivra}} |
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* Russian: {{t|ru|виверн|m}}, {{t|ru|виверна|f}} |
* Russian: {{t|ru|виверн|m}}, {{t+|ru|виверна|f}} |
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* Spanish: {{t|es|dragón alado|m}}, {{t+|es|guiverno|m}} |
* Spanish: {{t|es|dragón alado|m}}, {{t+|es|guiverno|m}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|lindorm|c}} |
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|lindorm|c}} |
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===See also=== |
===See also=== |
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* {{pedia}} |
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* {{l|en|dragon}} |
* {{l|en|dragon}} |
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* {{l|en|drake}} |
* {{l|en|drake}} |
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* {{l|en|wyrm}} |
* {{l|en|wyrm}} |
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[[Category:en:Dragons]] |
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[[Category:en:Heraldic charges]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:01, 2 June 2024
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of Middle English wyver (“viper”), borrowed from Old Northern French wivre, from Latin vīpera (“viper; snake, serpent”). Doublet of weever and viper.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: wī'və(r)n, wĭ'və(r)n, wē'və(r)n, IPA(key): /ˈwaɪvə(ɹ)n/, /ˈwɪvə(ɹ)n/, /ˈwiːvə(ɹ)n/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file)
- Rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ)n, -ɪvə(ɹ)n, -iːvə(ɹ)n
Noun
[edit]wyvern (plural wyverns)
- (heraldry, mythology, fantasy) A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.
- 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- 1940-54 The Collected Poetry of Malcolm Lowry, "WE SIT UNHACKLED DRUNK AND MAD TO EDIT", UBC Press,1992, p.222:
- Notions of freedom are tied up in drink / Our ideal life contains a tavern / Where man may sit and talk of or just think / All without fear of the nighted wyvern, / Or yet another tavern where it appears.
Translations
[edit]mythical dragon-like creature
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See also
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Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old Northern French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/aɪvə(ɹ)n
- Rhymes:English/aɪvə(ɹ)n/3 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɪvə(ɹ)n
- Rhymes:English/iːvə(ɹ)n
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Heraldic charges
- en:Mythology
- en:Fantasy
- English terms with quotations
- en:Dragons
- en:Mythological creatures