Python

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• UK: /ˈpaɪθən/
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• General-American: /ˈpaɪθɑn/
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• General-American: /ˈpaɪθɔn/
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• Ireland: /ˈpaitɔn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪθən/
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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.

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.

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: Python — Greek mythology
• German: Python — Greek mythology
• Ancient Greek: Πῡ́θων (Pū́thōn) — Greek mythology
• Inuktitut: ᐲᑐᓐ (piiton) — Greek mythology
• Italian: Python — Greek mythology
• Latin: Pȳthōn — Greek mythology
• Marathi: पाय्थन (pāythan) — Greek mythology
• Polish: Pyton — Greek mythology
• Portuguese: Piton — Greek mythology
• Russian: Пифон (Pifon) — Greek mythology
• Russian: Питон (Piton) — Greek mythology
• Spanish: Python — Greek mythology
• French: Python — A programming language
• Hindi: पाइथन (pāithan) — A programming language
• Japanese: Python — A programming language
• Japanese: パイソン (Paison) — A programming language
• Korean: 파이썬 (paisseon) — A programming language
• Marathi: पाय्थन (pāythan) — A programming language
• Persian: پایتون (pâyton) — A programming language
• Polish: Python — A programming language
• Russian: Пайтон (Pajton) — A programming language
• Russian: Питон (Piton) — A programming language
• Vietnamese: Python — A programming language
• Dupaningan Agta: iraw — constricting snake
• Albanian: piton — constricting snake
• Arabic: أَصَلَة (ʔaṣala) — constricting snake
• Armenian: պիթոն (pitʻon) — constricting snake
• Asturian: pitón — constricting snake
• Basque: pitoi — constricting snake
• Belarusian: піто́н (pitón) — constricting snake
• Binukid: bakesan — constricting snake
• Bulgarian: питон (piton) — constricting snake
• Catalan: pitó — constricting snake
• Chinese Mandarin: 蟒 (mǎng) — constricting snake
• Chinese Mandarin: 巨蟒 (jùmǎng) — constricting snake
• Chinese Mandarin: 蟒蛇 (mǎngshé) — constricting snake
• Chinese Mandarin: 巨蛇 (jùshé) — constricting snake
• Czech: krajta — constricting snake
• Danish: pyton — constricting snake
• Dinka: nyiëël — constricting snake
• Dutch: python — constricting snake
• Esperanto: pitono — constricting snake
• Finnish: pyton — constricting snake
• French: python — constricting snake
• Galician: pitón — constricting snake
• Georgian: პითონი (ṗitoni) — constricting snake
• German: Python — constricting snake
• German: Pythonschlange — constricting snake
• Greek: πύθωνας (pýthonas) — constricting snake
• Hindi: अजगर (ajgar) — constricting snake
• Hindi: अजदहा (ajadhā) — constricting snake
• Hindi: अजदाह (ajdāh) — constricting snake
• Hindi: अजदर (ajdar) — constricting snake
• Hungarian: piton — constricting snake
• Hungarian: óriáskígyó — constricting snake
• Ido: pitono — constricting snake
• Irish: píotón — constricting snake
• Italian: pitone — constricting snake
• Japanese: ニシキヘビ (nishiki-hebi) — constricting snake
• Japanese: 錦蛇 (nishiki-hebi) — constricting snake
• Kannada: ಹೆಬ್ಬಾವು (hebbāvu) — constricting snake
• Kapampangan: bitin bitin sawa — constricting snake
• Khmer: ថ្លាន់ (thlan) — constricting snake
• Khmer: ពស់ថ្លាន់ (pŭəh thlan) — constricting snake
• Kikuyu: itarara — constricting snake
• Korean: 비단뱀 (bidanbaem) — constricting snake
• Northern Kurdish: pîton — constricting snake
• Latvian: pitons — constricting snake
• Lithuanian: pitonas — constricting snake
• Lithuanian: smauglys — constricting snake
• Lun Bawang: menelen — constricting snake
• Luo: ng'ielo — constricting snake
• Luo: ng'ielno — constricting snake
• Macedonian: пито́н (pitón) — constricting snake
• Macedonian: у́дав (údav) — constricting snake
• Malay: ular sawa — constricting snake
• Malayalam: പെരുമ്പാമ്പ് (perumpāmpŭ) — constricting snake
• Malayalam: മലമ്പാമ്പ് (malampāmpŭ) — constricting snake
• Manchu: ᠵᠠᠪᠵᠠᠨ (jabjan) — constricting snake
• Manx: aarnieu traastey — constricting snake
• Māori: paitana — constricting snake
• Marathi: अजगर (ajgar) — constricting snake
• Mon: ကၠန် (klɔn) — constricting snake
• Nyankole: oruziramere — constricting snake
• Pali: ajagara — constricting snake
• Persian: پیتون (piton) — constricting snake
• Persian: پایتون (pâyton) — constricting snake
• Persian: شیبا (šibâ) — constricting snake
• Polish: pyton — constricting snake
• Portuguese: pitão — constricting snake
• Romanian: piton — constricting snake
• Romanian: șarpe piton — constricting snake
• Russian: пито́н (pitón) — constricting snake
• Serbo-Croatian: пѝто̄н — constricting snake
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏да̄в — constricting snake
• Serbo-Croatian: бо̏а — constricting snake
• Serbo-Croatian: pìtōn — constricting snake
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕdāv — constricting snake
• Serbo-Croatian: bȍa — constricting snake
• Sicilian: pituni — constricting snake
• Slovene: piton — constricting snake
• Spanish: pitón — constricting snake
• Swahili: chatu — constricting snake
• Swedish: pytonorm — constricting snake
• Swedish: pyton — constricting snake
• Tagalog: sawa — constricting snake
• Tamil: மலைப்பாம்பு (malaippāmpu) — constricting snake
• Telugu: కొండచిలువ (koṇḍaciluva) — constricting snake
• Thai: หลาม (lǎam) — constricting snake
• Thai: เหลือม (lʉ̌ʉam) — constricting snake
• Tooro: enziramira class 9 — constricting snake
• Tswana: tlhware — constricting snake
• Turkish: piton — constricting snake
• Ukrainian: піто́н (pitón) — constricting snake
• Vietnamese: trăn — constricting snake
• Volapük: pütonasnek — constricting snake
• Volapük: püton — constricting snake
• Yoruba: ejo mọnamọna — constricting snake
• Zulu: inhlwathi — constricting snake