Python

See also: python

Translingual

at postprandial rest

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ), the early name of Delphi, from πυθώ (puthṓ, “to rot, to decay”).

Proper noun

Python m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pythonidae – the pythons, very large constricting snakes of the Old World tropics.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Henophidia - infraorder; Pythonidae - family;  - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): , , , , , , , , ,  - extant species; † - extinct species

References

• Python (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Python on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Python (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Python at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Python at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Python at Animal Diversity Web
• Python at Paleobiology Database

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ), the early name of Delphi, from πυθώ (puthṓ, “to rot, to decay”).

The programming language is named after Monty Python.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪθən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪθɑːn/

Proper noun

Python

1. (Greek mythology) The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
   • 1995, Gordon MacDonald Kirkwood, A Short Guide to Classical Mythology, page 11,

     Here Apollo killed a serpent called the Python, and established a great prophetic shrine. Sometimes it is said that the Titaness Themis had the shrine before him, and this, as well as the killing of the Python, suggests that Apollo took over a place already of religious significance, associated with chthonic (i.e., earth) powers.

   • 2000, Otar Lordkipanidze, Phasis: The River and City in Colchis, page 70,

     It would seem, therefore, that what we have on the Phasian phiale is the Python coiled round the omphalos. […] Paintings on Greek pottery and coins have preserved many an example of gods seated on an omphalos, including those of Apollo, Nike, Asclepius and others.⁴¹³ Python on the omphalos must have carried some symbolic meaning.

   • 2005, M. A. Dwight, Taylor Lewis, Grecian and Roman Mythology, page 183,

     Python, says Bailey, is derived from Putho to putrify, and the serpent Python being slain by Apollo, is thus interpreted: by Python is understood the ruin of the waters; Apollo slew this serpent with his arrows; that is, the beams of the sun dispersed the noxious vapours, which destroyed man like a devouring serpent.

2. (computing) An interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language invented by Guido van Rossum.
3. (informal) The British comedy troupe Monty Python.

Hyponyms

• Cython
• IronPython
• Jython
• MicroPython
• RPython

 

Derived terms

• CPython
• PyCon
• Pygame
• PyGTK
• PyPI
• PyPy
• PyQt
• PyS60
• Pythoneer
• Pythonesque
• Pythoness
• pythonic
• Pythonist
• Pythonista
• Stackless Python
• unpythonic

 

Translations

Greek mythology

• French: Python (fr) m
• German: Python (de) f
• Inuktitut: ᐲᑐᓐ (piiton)
• Italian: Python m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Marathi: पाय्थन (pāythan)
• Portuguese: Piton m
• Spanish: Python m

A programming language

• French: Python (fr) m
• Hindi: पाइथन (pāithan)
• Korean: 파이썬 (paisseon)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Marathi: पाय्थन f (pāythan)
• Persian: پایتون (pâyton)

Noun

Python (plural Pythons)

1. (informal) Any member of the comedy troupe Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin.

   John Cleese is perhaps the best-known of the Pythons.

See also

• python

References

• Python on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Typhon, phyton, typhon

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Python m

1. Python programming language

Anagrams

• typhon

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpyː.tɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Python m (genitive Pythons, plural Pythons)

Python f (genitive Python, plural Pythons)

1. python (snake)

Usage notes

• The masculine is more strictly standard, but the feminine is fairly common (after Schlange and most other words for snakes).

Proper noun

Python n (genitive Python, no plural)

1. (computing) Python

Further reading

• “Python” in Duden online

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Italian

Proper noun

Python m

1. Python programming language

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Python m

1. Python programming language

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Spanish

Proper noun

Python m

1. Python programming language