dragon
A mythical reptilian or serpentine creatureA mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.: In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
» I wish I were a dragon.
Хотел бы я быть драконом.
Хотів би я бути драконом.
Шкода, що я не дракон.
Meaning
17 sensesA mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.
In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
Drache
драко́нdrakón, змейzmej, смокsmok
змійzmij, змії́хаzmijíxa, драко́нdrakón
In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
A Komodo dragon.
A sea dragon.
(capitalized, often, with definite article)The constellation Draco.
(derogatory)A fierce and unpleasant woman.
She’s a bit of a dragon.
Drache
крокоди́лkrokodíl, меге́раmegéra, сте́рваstérva
a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
(UK, derogatory, rare, slang)An unattractive woman.
(capitalized, often, with definite article)The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.
Drache
(figuratively)Something very formidable or dangerous.
A class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.
A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
Examples
254 sentencesI wish I were a dragon.
Хотів би я бути драконом.
ruХотел бы я быть драконом.
I wish that I were a dragon.
Хотів би я бути драконом.
The dragon is an imaginary creature.
Дракон — це вигадана істота.
ruДракон — это выдуманное существо.
deDer Drache ist ein Fantasiewesen.
What do dragons eat?
Що їдять дракони?
ruЧто едят драконы?
Dragons are imaginary animals.
Дракони - уявні тварини.
ruДраконы — это вымышленные животные.
deDrachen sind imaginäre Tiere.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English dragoun, borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō(n), from AnFrom Middle English dragoun, borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō(n), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Displaced Old English wyrm, whence modern worm. Mostly displaced Old English draca (whence modern drake)—from the same Latin source, as are Draco, Dracon, dracone, and dragoon.
Alteration from drag queen.
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Forms
plural: dragonsSynonyms
41 synonyms- any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body:flying dragonflying lizard
- a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman:tartar
- a faint constellation twisting around the North Celestial Pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus:Draco
- a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings:European dragonfiredrake