piton

See also: Piton, pitón, píton, pîton, and Pitoń

English

ring piton

Etymology

Etymology tree

Occitan pitt-

French -on

French pitonbor.

English piton

Borrowed from French piton (“nail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːˌtɒn/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːtɒn

Noun

piton (plural pitons)

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

   Hyponyms: bong, knifeblade, RURP

   Coordinate terms: nut, chockstone, chock

Translations

a spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)

• Bulgarian: клин (bg) m (klin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 岩釘 / 岩钉 (yándīng)

• Czech: skoba (cs) f
• Finnish: haka (fi), kiila (fi)
• German: Felshaken m
• Hungarian: jégszeg (hu), falkapocs (hu)
• Norwegian: ringbolt
• Portuguese: pitão (pt) m
• Romanian: piton (ro) n
• Russian: ска́льный крюк m (skálʹnyj krjuk)

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.

Further reading

• piton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Pinto, Point, opt in, opt-in, pinot, pinto, point, potin

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from French python

Noun

piton

1. python (constricting snake)

Declension

Declension of piton

	singular	plural
nominative	piton	pitonlar
genitive	pitonnıñ	pitonlarnıñ
dative	pitonğa	pitonlarğa
accusative	pitonnı	pitonlarnı
locative	pitonda	pitonlarda
ablative	pitondan	pitonlardan

References

• “piton”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

French

Etymology

From Occitan pitt- +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.tɔ̃/

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

  (file)

Noun

piton m (plural pitons)

1. nail (metal object)

   Synonym: clou

2. spike, pick (especially for mountaineering)

Descendants

• → English: piton
• → Portuguese: pitão
• → Romanian: piton

Further reading

• “piton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• point

Hungarian

Etymology

From scientific Latin python, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ), the early name of Delphi, from πύθω (púthō, “to rot, to decay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiton]
• Hyphenation: pi‧ton
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

piton (plural pitonok)

1. python (constricting snake)

   Synonym: óriáskígyó

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	piton	pitonok
accusative	pitont	pitonokat
dative	pitonnak	pitonoknak
instrumental	pitonnal	pitonokkal
causal-final	pitonért	pitonokért
translative	pitonná	pitonokká
terminative	pitonig	pitonokig
essive-formal	pitonként	pitonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pitonban	pitonokban
superessive	pitonon	pitonokon
adessive	pitonnál	pitonoknál
illative	pitonba	pitonokba
sublative	pitonra	pitonokra
allative	pitonhoz	pitonokhoz
elative	pitonból	pitonokból
delative	pitonról	pitonokról
ablative	pitontól	pitonoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	pitoné	pitonoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	pitonéi	pitonokéi

Possessive forms of piton

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pitonom	pitonjaim
2nd person sing.	pitonod	pitonjaid
3rd person sing.	pitonja	pitonjai
1st person plural	pitonunk	pitonjaink
2nd person plural	pitonotok	pitonjaitok
3rd person plural	pitonjuk	pitonjaik

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch python, from Latin Pythōn, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpiton/ [ˈpi.t̪ɔn]
• Rhymes: -iton
• Syllabification: pi‧ton

Noun

piton (plural piton-piton)

1. python

Further reading

• “piton”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

piton m (plural pitons)

1. python

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French python.

Noun

piton m (plural pitoni)

1. python

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	piton	pitonul	pitoni	pitonii
genitive-dative	piton	pitonului	pitoni	pitonilor
vocative	pitonule		pitonilor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French piton.

Noun

piton n (plural pitoane)

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

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	piton	pitonul	pitoane	pitoanele
genitive-dative	piton	pitonului	pitoane	pitoanelor
vocative	pitonule		pitoanelor

Further reading

• “piton”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐtoːn/
• Hyphenation: pi‧ton

Noun

pìtōn m anim (Cyrillic spelling пѝто̄н)

1. python (constricting snake)

Declension

Declension of piton

	singular	plural
nominative	piton	pitoni
genitive	pitona	pitona
dative	pitonu	pitonima
accusative	pitona	pitone
vocative	pitone	pitoni
locative	pitonu	pitonima
instrumental	pitonom	pitonima

References

• “piton”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pitóːn/

Noun

pitọ̑n m anim

1. python (constricting snake)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pitón
gen. sing.	pitóna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pitón	pitóna	pitóni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pitóna	pitónov	pitónov
dative (dajȃlnik)	pitónu	pitónoma	pitónom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pitóna	pitóna	pitóne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pitónu	pitónih	pitónih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pitónom	pitónoma	pitóni

Further reading

• “piton”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Turkish

piton (Malayapython reticulatus)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?], French python, from Latin pȳthon, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

Noun

piton (definite accusative pitonu, plural pitonlar)

1. python (constricting snake)

Declension

Declension of piton

singular plural nominative piton pitonlar definite accusative pitonu pitonları dative pitona pitonlara locative pitonda pitonlarda ablative pitondan pitonlardan genitive pitonun pitonların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular pitonum pitonlarım 2nd singular pitonun pitonların 3rd singular pitonu pitonları 1st plural pitonumuz pitonlarımız 2nd plural pitonunuz pitonlarınız 3rd plural pitonları pitonları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular pitonumu pitonlarımı 2nd singular pitonunu pitonlarını 3rd singular pitonunu pitonlarını 1st plural pitonumuzu pitonlarımızı 2nd plural pitonunuzu pitonlarınızı 3rd plural pitonlarını pitonlarını dative singular plural 1st singular pitonuma pitonlarıma 2nd singular pitonuna pitonlarına 3rd singular pitonuna pitonlarına 1st plural pitonumuza pitonlarımıza 2nd plural pitonunuza pitonlarınıza 3rd plural pitonlarına pitonlarına locative singular plural 1st singular pitonumda pitonlarımda 2nd singular pitonunda pitonlarında 3rd singular pitonunda pitonlarında 1st plural pitonumuzda pitonlarımızda 2nd plural pitonunuzda pitonlarınızda 3rd plural pitonlarında pitonlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular pitonumdan pitonlarımdan 2nd singular pitonundan pitonlarından 3rd singular pitonundan pitonlarından 1st plural pitonumuzdan pitonlarımızdan 2nd plural pitonunuzdan pitonlarınızdan 3rd plural pitonlarından pitonlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular pitonumun pitonlarımın 2nd singular pitonunun pitonlarının 3rd singular pitonunun pitonlarının 1st plural pitonumuzun pitonlarımızın 2nd plural pitonunuzun pitonlarınızın 3rd plural pitonlarının pitonlarının

Venetan

Alternative forms

• pitón

Noun

piton m (plural pitoni)

1. turkey