kobra

See also: Kobra, kóbra, and kobrą

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish cobrar.

Alternative forms

• kubra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kobˈɾa/ [kobˈɾ̪a]
• Hyphenation: ko‧bra

Verb

kobrá (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. to collect payment (such as bills, debts, bets (esp. in jueteng), etc.

   Synonym: kolekta

Derived terms

• kobrador

Related terms

• kobransa

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kobra (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. cobra

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkobra]

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 (hard feminine reducible)

	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

 

Further reading

• “kobra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kobra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese cobra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko(ː)brɑ/, [ˈko̞(ː)brɑ̝]
• 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 kobrain rare
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
abessive		kobratta	kobritta
instructive		—	kobrin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kobra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kobrani kobrani accusative nom. kobrani kobrani gen. kobrani genitive kobrani kobrieni kobraini rare partitive kobraani kobriani inessive kobrassani kobrissani elative kobrastani kobristani illative kobraani kobriini adessive kobrallani kobrillani ablative kobraltani kobriltani allative kobralleni kobrilleni essive kobranani kobrinani translative kobrakseni kobrikseni abessive kobrattani kobrittani instructive — — comitative — kobrineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kobrasi kobrasi accusative nom. kobrasi kobrasi gen. kobrasi genitive kobrasi kobriesi kobraisi rare partitive kobraasi kobriasi inessive kobrassasi kobrissasi elative kobrastasi kobristasi illative kobraasi kobriisi adessive kobrallasi kobrillasi ablative kobraltasi kobriltasi allative kobrallesi kobrillesi essive kobranasi kobrinasi translative kobraksesi kobriksesi abessive kobrattasi kobrittasi instructive — — comitative — kobrinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kobramme kobramme accusative nom. kobramme kobramme gen. kobramme genitive kobramme kobriemme kobraimme rare partitive kobraamme kobriamme inessive kobrassamme kobrissamme elative kobrastamme kobristamme illative kobraamme kobriimme adessive kobrallamme kobrillamme ablative kobraltamme kobriltamme allative kobrallemme kobrillemme essive kobranamme kobrinamme translative kobraksemme kobriksemme abessive kobrattamme kobrittamme instructive — — comitative — kobrinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kobranne kobranne accusative nom. kobranne kobranne gen. kobranne genitive kobranne kobrienne kobrainne rare partitive kobraanne kobrianne inessive kobrassanne kobrissanne elative kobrastanne kobristanne illative kobraanne kobriinne adessive kobrallanne kobrillanne ablative kobraltanne kobriltanne allative kobrallenne kobrillenne essive kobrananne kobrinanne translative kobraksenne kobriksenne abessive kobrattanne kobrittanne instructive — — comitative — kobrinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kobransa kobransa accusative nom. kobransa kobransa gen. kobransa genitive kobransa kobriensa kobrainsa rare partitive kobraansa kobriaan kobriansa inessive kobrassaan kobrassansa kobrissaan kobrissansa elative kobrastaan kobrastansa kobristaan kobristansa illative kobraansa kobriinsa adessive kobrallaan kobrallansa kobrillaan kobrillansa ablative kobraltaan kobraltansa kobriltaan kobriltansa allative kobralleen kobrallensa kobrilleen kobrillensa essive kobranaan kobranansa kobrinaan kobrinansa translative kobrakseen kobraksensa kobrikseen kobriksensa abessive kobrattaan kobrattansa kobrittaan kobrittansa instructive — — comitative — kobrineen kobrinensa

Synonyms

• silmälasikäärme

Derived terms

compounds

• egyptinkobra
• intiankobra
• kleopatrankobra
• kuningaskobra
• mustakaulakobra
• viherkobra

 

Further reading

• “kobra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• karbo-

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese cobra. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kobra.

Noun

kobra

1. snake
2. serpent

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”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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.

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

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.

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.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.bra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbra
• Syllabification: ko‧bra

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

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

Slovak

Etymology

Derived 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 Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Noun

kobra c

1. cobra; a snake

Declension

Declension of kobra

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kobra	kobras
	definite	kobran	kobrans
plural	indefinite	kobror	kobrors
	definite	kobrorna	kobrornas

Anagrams

• bokar

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkobɾa/ [ˈkoː.bɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -obɾa
• Syllabification: ko‧bra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish cobrar.

Noun

kobra (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

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

   Synonyms: koleksiyon, kolekta, singil

Alternative forms

• kubra

Derived terms

• kobrahan
• kobrahin
• kumobra
• makakobra
• makobra
• mangobra
• mangongobra
• pangongobra

 

Related terms

• kobrador
• kobradora
• kobransa

 

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kobra (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. cobra

See also

• ulupong

Further reading

• “kobra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• barok, barko

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