kobra

kobra

See also: Kobra and kóbra

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra from Vulgar Latin *colobra from Latin colūbra (“snake”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔbra/

Noun

kobra f

1. cobra (Various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae)
2. (volleyball, jargon) cobra (a method of playing the ball using stiff fingers above the head)

Declension

Declension of kobra

	singular	plural
nominative	kobra	kobry
genitive	kobry	kober
dative	kobře	kobrám
accusative	kobru	kobry
vocative	kobro	kobry
locative	kobře	kobrách
instrumental	kobrou	kobrami

Synonyms

• brejlovec

Derived terms

• kobří

References

1. "kobra" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading

• kobra in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kobra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese cobra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko(ː)brɑ/, [ˈko̞(ː)brɑ]
• Rhymes: -obrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kob‧ra

Noun

kobra

1. cobra (venomous snake)

Declension

Inflection of kobra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		kobra	kobrat
genitive		kobran	kobrien
partitive		kobraa	kobria
illative		kobraan	kobriin
		singular	plural
nominative		kobra	kobrat
accusative	nom.	kobra	kobrat
	gen.	kobran
genitive		kobran	kobrien kobrainrare
partitive		kobraa	kobria
inessive		kobrassa	kobrissa
elative		kobrasta	kobrista
illative		kobraan	kobriin
adessive		kobralla	kobrilla
ablative		kobralta	kobrilta
allative		kobralle	kobrille
essive		kobrana	kobrina
translative		kobraksi	kobriksi
instructive		—	kobrin
abessive		kobratta	kobritta
comitative		—	kobrineen

Possessive forms of kobra (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kobrani	kobramme
2nd person	kobrasi	kobranne
3rd person	kobransa

Synonyms

• silmälasikäärme

Anagrams

• karbo-

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese cobra. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kobra.

Noun

kobra

1. snake
2. serpent

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkobrɒ]
• Hyphenation: kob‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

kobra (plural kobrák)

1. cobra

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kobra	kobrák
accusative	kobrát	kobrákat
dative	kobrának	kobráknak
instrumental	kobrával	kobrákkal
causal-final	kobráért	kobrákért
translative	kobrává	kobrákká
terminative	kobráig	kobrákig
essive-formal	kobraként	kobrákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kobrában	kobrákban
superessive	kobrán	kobrákon
adessive	kobránál	kobráknál
illative	kobrába	kobrákba
sublative	kobrára	kobrákra
allative	kobrához	kobrákhoz
elative	kobrából	kobrákból
delative	kobráról	kobrákról
ablative	kobrától	kobráktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kobráé	kobráké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kobráéi	kobrákéi

Possessive forms of kobra
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kobrám	kobráim
2nd person sing.	kobrád	kobráid
3rd person sing.	kobrája	kobrái
1st person plural	kobránk	kobráink
2nd person plural	kobrátok	kobráitok
3rd person plural	kobrájuk	kobráik

Further reading

• kobra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkobra]
• Hyphenation: kob‧ra
• Rhymes: -ra, -a

Noun

kobra (first-person possessive kobraku, second-person possessive kobramu, third-person possessive kobranya)

1. (zoology) cobra:
   1. venomous snake from certain genera of the family Elapidae, especially of the genus Naja.

      Synonym: tedung

   2. especially Indian cobra (Naja naja).

Further reading

• “kobra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology 1

From Portuguese cobra.

Noun

kobra

1. snake

Etymology 2

From Portuguese cobrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈko.brɐ]

Verb

kobra

1. to charge, to request payment

References

• “kobra” in 2002, Jürgen Lang, Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde), Gunter Narr Verlag Tübingen.

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbra/

Noun

kobra f

1. cobra

Declension

Declension of kobra

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kobra	kobrje	kobry
Genitive	kobry	kobrowu	kobrow
Dative	kobrje	kobroma	kobram
Accusative	kobru	kobrje	kobry
Instrumental	kobru	kobroma	kobrami
Locative	kobrje	kobroma	kobrach

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, cobra de capelo (“snake with hood”), based on Latin colubra.

Noun

kobra m (definite singular kobraen, indefinite plural kobraer, definite plural kobraene)

1. a cobra (snake of family Elapidae)

References

• “kobra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, cobra de capelo (“snake with hood”), based on Latin colubra.

Noun

kobra m (definite singular kobraen, indefinite plural kobraer or kobraar, definite plural kobraene or kobraane)

1. a cobra (snake of family Elapidae)

References

• “kobra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔb.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbra
• Syllabification: kob‧ra

Noun

kobra f

1. cobra

Declension

Declension of kobra

	singular	plural
nominative	kobra	kobry
genitive	kobry	kobr
dative	kobrze	kobrom
accusative	kobrę	kobry
instrumental	kobrą	kobrami
locative	kobrze	kobrach
vocative	kobro	kobry

Further reading

• kobra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kobra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôbra/
• Hyphenation: kob‧ra

Noun

kȍbra f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏бра)

1. cobra

Declension

Declension of kobra

	singular	plural
nominative	kȍbra	kobre
genitive	kobre	kȍbrī / kȏbrā
dative	kobri	kobrama
accusative	kobru	kobre
vocative	kobro	kobre
locative	kobri	kobrama
instrumental	kobrom	kobrama

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Slovak

Etymology

From Portuguese cobra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbra/

Noun

kobra f (genitive singular kobry, nominative plural kobry, genitive plural kobier, declension pattern of žena)

1. cobra (snake)

Declension

Declension of kobra

	singular	plural
nominative	kobra	kobry
genitive	kobry	kobier
dative	kobre	kobrám
accusative	kobru	kobry
locative	kobre	kobrách
instrumental	kobrou	kobrami

Derived terms

• kobrí

Further reading

• kobra in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Swedish

Noun

kobra c

1. cobra; a snake

Declension

Declension of kobra
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kobra	kobran	kobror	kobrorna
Genitive	kobras	kobrans	kobrors	kobrornas

Anagrams

• bokar

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ko‧bra
• IPA^(key): /ˈkobɾa/, [ˈkob.ɾɐ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish cobrar.

Alternative forms

• kubra

Noun

kobra

1. collection of debts, payment, bets (esp. in jueteng), etc.

   Synonyms: koleksiyon, kolekta, singil

Derived terms

• kobrador
• kobrahan
• kumobra
• mangobra

Related terms

• kobransa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cobra or Spanish cobra, from Portuguese cobra (“snake”).

Noun

kobra

1. cobra

Further reading

• “kobra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra.

Noun

kobra (definite accusative kobrayı, plural kobralar)

1. cobra (venomous snake)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kobra
Definite accusative	kobrayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kobra	kobralar
Definite accusative	kobrayı	kobraları
Dative	kobraya	kobralara
Locative	kobrada	kobralarda
Ablative	kobradan	kobralardan
Genitive	kobranın	kobraların