different between picon vs piton

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French picon, named after inventor Gaétan Picon (1809–1882).

Noun

picon (countable and uncountable, plural picons)

1. A caramel-coloured flavoured bitters made from oranges, gentian, and quinquina, traditionally accompanying beer in the east and north of France.

Further reading

• picon (apéritif) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Esperanto

Noun

picon

1. accusative singular of pico

French

Etymology

From the brandname Picon, named after Gaétan Picon (1809–1882).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.k??/

Noun

picon m (plural picons)

1. picon (bitter accompanying beer)

Further reading

• “picon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French piton (“nail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi??t?n/

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).

   Coordinate terms: nut, chockstone, chock

   Hyponyms: bong, knifeblade, RURP

Translations

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

French

Etymology

Occitan pitt- +? -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.t??/

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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• point

Hungarian

Etymology

From scientific Latin python, from Ancient Greek ????? (Púth?n), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, from ???? (P?th?), the early name of Delphi, from ???? (puth?, “to rot, to decay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?piton]
• Hyphenation: pi?ton
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

piton (plural pitonok)

1. python (constricting snake)

   Synonym: óriáskígyó

Declension

References

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French python.

Noun

piton m (plural pitoni)

1. python

Declension

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (Púth?n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?to?n/
• Hyphenation: pi?ton

Proper noun

pìt?n m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. python (constricting snake)

Declension

References

• “piton” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pitó?n/

Noun

pit??n m anim

1. python (constricting snake)

Inflection

Further reading

• “piton”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French python.

Noun

piton (definite accusative pitonu, plural pitonlar)

1. python (constricting snake)

Venetian

Alternative forms

• pitón

Noun

piton m (plural pitoni)

1. turkey