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python

/ˈpaɪθən/US/ˈpaɪˌθɑn/

python noun: any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.

python: any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes
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Noun (1)

python (plural pythons)

  1. Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
  2. (slang, vulgar) A penis.

Proper noun capitalized: Python

Python

  1. (Greek) The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
    • 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...1995, Gordon MacDonald Kirkwood, A Short Guide to Classical Mythology, page 11
    • 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...2000, Otar Lordkipanidze, Phasis: The River and City in Colchis, page 70
  2. An interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language invented by Guido van Rossum.

Noun (2) capitalized: Python

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.
    • Its cast included eventual co-Goodie Tim Brooke-Taylor and embryo Pythons Graham Chapman and John Cleese.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 67

python meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

python in Hindi

constricting snake
अजगर ajgar, अजदहा ajadhā, अजदाह ajdāh, अजदर ajdar

python in Tamil

constricting snake
மலைப்பாம்பு malaippāmpu

python in Marathi

constricting snake
अजगर ajgar

python in Urdu

اژدہا
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python in Bengali
অজগর ojogor, পাইথন paithon
python in Telugu
కొండచిలువ koṇḍaciluva
python in Malayalam
പെരുമ്പാമ്പ് perumpāmpŭ, മലമ്പാമ്പ് malampāmpŭ
python in Kannada
ಹೆಬ್ಬಾವು hebbāvu
python in Punjabi
ਸਰਾਲ sarāl, ਅਜਗਰ ajagar
python in Gujarati
પાયથોન, અજગર, પાયથન
python in Odia
ପାଇଥନ୍, ପାଇଥନ, ଅଜଗର
python in Sanskrit
अजगर ajagará
python in Assamese
অজগৰ ozogor, অজগৰ সাপ ozogor xap
python in Nepali
पाइथन, पायथन, पाइथोन
python in Tagalog
sawa
python in Arabic
أَصَلَة ʔaṣala
python in Malay
ular sawa
python in Persian
پیتون piton, پایتون pâyton, شیبا šibâ
python in Thai
หลาม lǎam, เหลือม lʉ̌ʉam
python in Vietnamese
trăn

Examples of python in a sentence

  • The python is a nonvenomous snake.
  • Python displays the traceback whenever a raised exception goes unhandled .
  • The landlord did the business and I put paid to the python.

All 12 example sentences with python

Forms of python

pluralpythons
pluralPythons

Plural of python: pythons

Origin of python

From Latin pȳthon, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), older name of Delphi.

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.

Words formed from python

Phrases with python

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Questions about python

What does python mean?
Python means any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
What is python in Hindi?
Python in Hindi is अजगर (ajgar), अजदहा (ajadhā), अजदाह (ajdāh). See Python meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is python?
Python can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce python?
Python is pronounced /ˈpaɪθən/ (UK).
What is the plural of python?
The plural of python is pythons.

Words near python in the dictionary

  1. pythiosis
  2. Pythium
  3. pythocholic acid
  4. pythogenesis
  5. pythogenic
  6. python
  7. Pythoneer
  8. Pythoneers
  9. pythonesque
  10. pythoness
  11. pythonesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: python (page history and authors); Python (page history and authors); python (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অজগর (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਅਜਗਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); python (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); python (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अजगर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); অজগৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors); python (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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