different between python vs wiper

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?wa?p?/
• Rhymes: -a?p?(r)

Etymology 1

wipe +? -er

Noun

wiper (plural wipers)

1. Someone who wipes.
   • 1842, Robert Browning, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", in Dramatic Lyrics

     So, Willy, let you and me be wipers / Of scores out with all men — especially pipers!

2. Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
3. Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
4. A movable electric contact in some devices.
5. (nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.

Derived terms

• wiper wheel

Translations

Etymology 2

From white (bass) and striper.

Noun

wiper (countable and uncountable, plural wipers)

1. A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination.