piton

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

French piton (“nail”)

Noun

piton (plural pitons)

1. a spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber)

Translations

a spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)

• Russian: скальный крюк (skálʼnyj krjúk)m

Verb

piton (third-person singular simple present pitons, present participle pitoning, simple past and past participle pitoned)

1. (climbing) to put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing

See also

• bong

Anagrams

• opt in, opt-in
• pinot
• pinto
• point

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pi.tɔ̃/

Noun

piton m (plural pitons)

1. nail (metal object)
2. spike, pick (especially for mountaineering)

Anagrams

• point

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Hungarian

Noun

piton

1. python (constricting snake)

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Slovene

Noun

piton m anim.

1. python (constricting snake)

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Turkish

piton

Etymology

From French python.

Noun

piton (definite accusative pitonu, plural pitonlar)

1. python (constricting snake)

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• pitón

Noun

piton m (plural pitoni)

1. turkey