English Explanatory Dictionary

Python

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
  2. An interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language invented by Guido van Rossum.
noun
  1. Any member of the comedy troupe Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin.
noun
  1. Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
  2. A penis.

Pronunciation

/ˈpaɪθən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Python.wav /ˈpaɪθɑn/ /ˈpaɪθɔn/ /ˈpaitɔn/ Python - Irish Pronounciation.ogg En-au-python.ogg

Word forms

Python Pythons

Etymology

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.

Related words

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Derived words

CPython Cython Monty Python Pythoneer Pythonesque Pythoness pythonic Pythonish Pythonist Pythonista unpythonic drain the python pig in the python pythonlike siphon the python syphon the python
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