piton

See also: Piton, pitón, píton, pîton, and Pitoń

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English

ring piton

Etymology

Borrowed from French piton (“nail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːˌtɒn/

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, bugaboo, knifeblade

Translations

a spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)

• Finnish: haka (fi), kiila (fi)
• German: Felshaken m

• Portuguese: pitão (pt) m
• Romanian: piton (ro) n
• Russian: ска́льный крюк (skálʹnyj krjuk) m

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, opt in, opt-in, pinot, pinto, point, potin

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French

Etymology

Occitan [Term?] +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.tɔ̃/

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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• point

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Hungarian

Etymology

From scientific Latin python, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, 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)

   Synonym: óriáskígyó

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	piton	pitonok
accusative	pitont	pitonokat
dative	pitonnak	pitonoknak
instrumental	pitonnal	pitonokkal
causal-final	pitonért	pitonokért
translative	pitonná	pitonokká
terminative	pitonig	pitonokig
essive-formal	pitonként	pitonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pitonban	pitonokban
superessive	pitonon	pitonokon
adessive	pitonnál	pitonoknál
illative	pitonba	pitonokba
sublative	pitonra	pitonokra
allative	pitonhoz	pitonokhoz
elative	pitonból	pitonokból
delative	pitonról	pitonokról
ablative	pitontól	pitonoktól

Possessive forms of piton
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pitonom	pitonjaim
2nd person sing.	pitonod	pitonjaid
3rd person sing.	pitonja	pitonjai
1st person plural	pitonunk	pitonjaink
2nd person plural	pitonotok	pitonjaitok
3rd person plural	pitonjuk	pitonjaik

References

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French python.

Noun

piton m (plural pitoni)

1. python

Declension

declension of piton

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) piton	pitonul	(niște) pitoni	pitonii
genitive/dative	(unui) piton	pitonului	(unor) pitoni	pitonilor
vocative	pitonule		pitonilor

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

declension of piton

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) piton	pitonul	(niște) pitoane	pitoanele
genitive/dative	(unui) piton	pitonului	(unor) pitoane	pitoanelor
vocative	pitonule		pitoanelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

pìtōn m (Cyrillic spelling пѝто̄н)

1. python (constricting snake)

Declension

Declension of piton

	singular	plural
nominative	piton	pitoni
genitive	pitona	pitona
dative	pitonu	pitonima
accusative	piton	pitone
vocative	pitone	pitoni
locative	pitonu	pitonima
instrumental	pitonom	pitonima

References

• “piton” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pitóːn/

Noun

pitọ̑n m anim

1. python (constricting snake)

Inflection

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pitón
gen. sing.	pitóna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pitón	pitóna	pitóni
accusative	pitóna	pitóna	pitóne
genitive	pitóna	pitónov	pitónov
dative	pitónu	pitónoma	pitónom
locative	pitónu	pitónih	pitónih
instrumental	pitónom	pitónoma	pitóni

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Turkish

piton

Etymology

Borrowed from French python.

Noun

piton (definite accusative pitonu, plural pitonlar)

1. python (constricting snake)

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• pitón

Noun

piton m (plural pitoni)

1. turkey