python
/ˈpaɪθən/US/ˈpaɪˌθɑn/
python noun: any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.

Noun (1)
python (plural pythons)
- Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
- A penis.
Proper noun capitalized: Python
Python
- 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
- An interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language invented by Guido van Rossum.
Noun (2) capitalized: Python
Python (plural Pythons)
- 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
More languagesFewer languages
- 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.
Forms of python
| plural | pythons |
|---|---|
| plural | 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
- ball python
- sand python
- woma python
- royal python
- water python
- carpet python
- Burmese python
- diamond python
- Ramsay's python
- drains the python
- green tree python
- drained the 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
Source and license
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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