python
English
Etymology
From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#PYTHON pȳthon, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#PYTHON Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), older name of Delphi.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpaɪθən/Category:English 2-syllable words#PYTHONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PYTHON
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpaɪθɑn/Category:English 2-syllable words#PYTHONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PYTHON
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#PYTHONAudio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -aɪθən, (General American) -aɪθɑnCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪθən#PYTHONCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪθən/2 syllables#PYTHONCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪθɑn#PYTHONCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪθɑn/2 syllables#PYTHON
Noun
python (plural pythons)Category:English lemmas#PYTHONCategory:English nouns#PYTHONCategory:English countable nouns#PYTHONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PYTHONCategory:Pages with entries#PYTHONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PYTHON
- (zoologyCategory:en:Zoology#PYTHON) Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
- (slangCategory:English slang#PYTHON, vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#PYTHON) A penis.
Hypernyms
- (zoology): snake
Hyponyms
- ball python
- black-headed python
- Burmese python (Python bivittatusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Python%20bivittatus)
- carpet python (Morelia spilotaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Morelia%20spilota)
- diamond python (Morelia spilota spilotaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Morelia%20spilota%20spilota)
- Ramsay's python
- reticulated python (Malayapython reticulatusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Malayapython%20reticulatus)
- royal python
- sand python
- water python
- woma python
Derived terms
Translations
References
Pythonidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pythonidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Pythonidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
- “python”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “python”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014), “piton”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Anagrams
Category:en:Genitalia#PYTHONCategory:en:Snakes#PYTHONDutch
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from Latin#PYTHONCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#PYTHON Pythōn, from Ancient GreekCategory:Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek#PYTHON Πύθων (Púthōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi.tɔn/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#PYTHON
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#PYTHONAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: py‧thon
Noun
python m (plural pythons, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#PYTHONCategory:Dutch nouns#PYTHONCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#PYTHONCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#PYTHONCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#PYTHONCategory:Pages with entries#PYTHONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PYTHON
- Category:nl:Snakes#PYTHONpython, constrictor of the family Pythonidae
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: piton
French
Etymology
From LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#PYTHON python.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.tɔ̃/Category:French 2-syllable words#PYTHONCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#PYTHON
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PYTHONAudio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PYTHONAudio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PYTHONAudio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PYTHONAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Noun
python m (plural pythons)Category:French lemmas#PYTHONCategory:French nouns#PYTHONCategory:French countable nouns#PYTHONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PYTHONCategory:French masculine nouns#PYTHONCategory:Pages with entries#PYTHONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PYTHON
Further reading
- “python”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Category:fr:Snakes#PYTHONInterlingua
Noun
python (plural pythones)Category:Interlingua lemmas#PYTHONCategory:Interlingua nouns#PYTHONCategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#PYTHONCategory:Pages with entries#PYTHONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PYTHON
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#PYTHON Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), older name of Delphi.
Pronunciation
Noun
pȳthōn m (genitive pȳthōnis, feminine pȳthōnissa)Category:Latin lemmas#PYTHONCategory:Latin nouns#PYTHONCategory:Latin third declension nouns#PYTHONCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the third declension#PYTHONCategory:Latin terms spelled with Y#PYTHONCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PYTHONCategory:Latin masculine nouns#PYTHONCategory:Pages with entries#PYTHONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#PYTHON; third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “python”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “python”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.