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English

Etymology

Latin p?thon, from Ancient Greek ????? (Púth?n), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from ???? (Puth?), older name of Delphi.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pa???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pa????n/

Noun

python (plural pythons)

1. A type of large constricting snake.
2. (vulgar, slang) penis

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• “python”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “python”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) , “piton”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN

References

• Pythonidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pythonidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pythonidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Typhon, phyton, typhon

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pyth?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (Púth?n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi.t?n/
• Hyphenation: py?thon

Noun

python m (plural pythons)

1. python, constrictor of the family Pythonidae

Derived terms

• netpython
• rotspython
• tijgerpython

French

Etymology

From Latin python

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.t??/

Noun

python m (plural pythons)

1. python

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• typhon

Interlingua

Noun

python (plural pythones)

1. python

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (Púth?n), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from ???? (Puth?), older name of Delphi.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?py?.t?on/, [?py?t???n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pi.ton/, [?pi?t??n]

Noun

p?thon m (genitive p?th?nis, feminine p?th?nissa); third declension

1. soothsayer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serp?ns (“snake”), from the verb serp? (“I creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??p?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?p?nt/
• Hyphenation: ser?pent

Noun

serpent (plural serpents)

1. A snake.
2. (music) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
3. (figuratively) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
4. A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.

Derived terms

• serpentarium
• serpenticide

Related terms

• serpentine
• Old Serpent
• serpentist

Translations

Verb

serpent (third-person singular simple present serpents, present participle serpenting, simple past and past participle serpented)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To wind or meander
2. (obsolete, transitive) To encircle.

See also

• herpetology
• lizard
• reptile
• snake

Anagrams

• penster, present, repents, respent

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin serp?ns, serpentem, from serp? (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /s???pent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /s?r?pen/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /se??pent/

Noun

serpent m or f (plural serpents)

1. snake

Synonyms

• serp

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serp?ns (“snake”), from the verb serp? (“I creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?r?p?nt/
• Hyphenation: ser?pent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

serpent n or f or m (plural serpenten, diminutive serpentje n)

1. (formal, dated) snake

   Synonym: slang

2. (formal) serpent, serpentine dragon, large snake

   Synonym: slang

3. an unpleasant, spiteful or foulmouthed person, especially used of women

   Synonym: slang

Noun

serpent f (plural serpenten, diminutive serpentje n)

1. (music) serpent (wind instrument)

Descendants

• ? West Frisian: serpint

Anagrams

• persten, strepen

French

Etymology

From Middle French serpent, from Old French serpent, from Latin serpentem, accusative form of serp?ns, from serp? (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.p??/

Noun

serpent m (plural serpents)

1. snake

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• présent

Latin

Verb

serpent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of serp?

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French serpent, from Latin serpentem, accusative singular form of serp?ns.

Noun

serpent m (plural serpenz)

1. snake

Descendants

• French: serpent

Old French

Etymology

From Latin serp?ns, serpentem.

Noun

serpent m (oblique plural serpenz or serpentz, nominative singular serpenz or serpentz, nominative plural serpent)

1. snake

Descendants

• Middle French: serpent
  • French: serpent
• Walloon: sierpint
• ? English: serpent
• ? Dutch: serpent

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Vallader) serpaint

Etymology

From Latin serp?ns, serpentem.

Noun

serpent m (plural serpents)

1. (Surmiran) snake

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) serp
• (Sursilvan) siarp
• (Sutsilvan) zearp
• (Surmiran) zerp