reptile
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reptile
- /ˈɹɛp.taɪl/ UK
- /ˈɹɛp.tɑj(ə)l/ UK
- /ˈɹɛp.taɪl/ US
- /ˈɹɛp.taɪəl/ US
- /ˈɹep.tɑel/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈɹep.tɑe.əl/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈɾɛp.tʌɪl/ Scotland
- /ˈɾɛp.taɪl/ Wales
Rhymes with -aɪl
Where it comes from
From Middle English reptil, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from Latin rēpō (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).
noun reptiles
- A (typically scaly and egg-laying) cold-blooded vertebrate tetrapod animal, of the class Reptilia (excluding birds), such as a lizard, turtle, snake, crocodile, alligator, etc.
- Any member of the class Reptilia, including birds.
- Any creeping or crawling animal, one that moves along close to the ground on its belly or on short legs, such as a lizard, snake, salamander, frog, toad, or scorpion.
- An animal belonging to either the class Reptilia or the class Amphibia.
- An ectothermic, scaly animal, whether sauropsid or synapsid, of the clade Amniota. Prior to the 1990s, the non-mammalian synapsids were considered true reptiles.
- An abject, grovelling, loathsome or repulsive person. This work may, indeed, be considered as a great creation of our own; and for a little reptile of a critic to presume to find fault with any of its parts, without knowing the manner in which the whole is connected, and before he comes to the final catastrophe, is a most presumptuous absurdity.
adjective
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Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
Similar: reptilious, creeping, crawling, reptitious, despicable
- Grovelling; low; vulgar. a reptile race or crew reptile vices
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: reptilian, fishes, vascular, amphibians, arthropods, mammals, molluscs, herptile, parareptile, reptilologist, reptiliomorph, anamniote, lizard, reptologist, ectotherm, amniote
Translations
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noun a cold-blooded vertebrate
| Español | reptil |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 파충류 pachungnyu, 파충 pachung |
| 日本語 | 爬虫 hachū, 爬虫類 hachūrui |
| 中文 | 爬蟲 /爬虫 páchóng, 爬行類 /爬行类 páxínglèi, 爬蟲類 /爬虫类 páchónglèi |
| हिन्दी | सर्पणशील sarpaṇśīl, सरीसृप sarīsŕp |
| Kiswahili | reptaili |
| Português | réptil |
| Français | reptile |
| Deutsch | Kriechtier, Reptil, Wurm |
| Italiano | reptilia, rettile |
| Ελληνικά | ερπετό erpetó |
| Română | reptilă |
| Русский | includes reptiles, amphibians, molluscs, etc., пресмыка́ющееся presmykájuščejesja, репти́лия reptílija |
| Tiếng Việt | động vật bò sát, loài bò sát, bò sát |
| العربية | زَحَّافَة zaḥḥāfa |
| עברית | זוֹחֵל zokhél |
Talk about this word "reptile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/reptile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. reptile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/reptile "reptile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/reptile.Cite this
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title = {reptile},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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