piton

Etymology

French piton (“nail”)

Noun

piton (plural pitons)

1. a spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber)

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

Anagrams

• Pinto, opt in, opt-in, pinot, pinto, point

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.tɔ̃/

Noun

piton m (plural pitons)

1. nail (metal object)
2. spike, pick (especially for mountaineering)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• point

Etymology

From scientific Latin python, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo^[1], from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ), the early name of Delphi, from πυθώ (puthṓ, “to rot, to decay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiton]
• Hyphenation: pi‧ton

Noun

piton (plural pitonok)

1. python (constricting snake)

References

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French python.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French piton.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐtoːn/
• Hyphenation: pi‧ton

Proper noun

pìtōn m (Cyrillic spelling пѝто̄н)

1. python (constricting snake)

References

• “piton” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈtóːn/
• Tonal orthography: pitọ̑n

Noun

pitón m anim (genitive pitóna, nominative plural pitóni)

1. python (constricting snake)

Etymology

Borrowed from French python.

Noun

piton (definite accusative pitonu, plural pitonlar)

1. python (constricting snake)

Alternative forms

• pitón

Noun

piton m (plural pitoni)

1. turkey