Python

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

Python m

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

• (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; Henophidia – infraorder; Pythonidae – family; Pythoninae – subfamily

• (genus): Python molurus – type species; Python anchietae, Python bivittatus, Python breitensteini, Python brongersmai, Python curtus, Python kyaiktiyo, Python natalensis, Python regius, Python sebae – other extant species; †Python europaeus – extinct species

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• Python at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Python at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Python at Animal Diversity Web
• “Python”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026

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

The programming language is named after Monty Python.

• (British) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪθən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪθɑn/, /ˈpaɪθɔn/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈpaitɔn/

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• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -aɪθən, (General American) -aɪθɑn, -aɪθɔn

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.

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.

   • 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 67:

     Its cast included eventual co-Goodie Tim Brooke-Taylor and embryo Pythons Graham Chapman and John Cleese.

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• Typhon, phyton, typhon

Unadapted borrowing from English Python, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

• IPA^(key): /pi.tɔ̃/

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Python m

1. (computer languages) Python

• typhon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpyː.tɔn/

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Python m (strong, genitive Pythons, plural Pythons) or
Python f (genitive Python, plural Pythons)

1. python (snake)

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

Borrowed from English Python, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪ̯θən/

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Python n (proper noun, strong, genitive Pythons)

1. (computer languages) Python

• “Python” in Duden online

Unadapted borrowing from English Python, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

Python m

1. (computer languages) Python

Borrowed from English Python, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

• IPA^(key): [pa̠isõ̞ɴ]

Python(パイソン) • (Paison) 

1. (computer languages) Python

Unadapted borrowing from English Python, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

Python m

1. (computer languages) Python

Unadapted borrowing from English Python, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn). Doublet of pitón.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaiton/ [ˈpai̯.t̪õn]
• Rhymes: -aiton
• Syllabification: Py‧thon

Python m

1. (computer languages) Python