What does "python" mean?
Any member of the comedy troupe Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin.
Python
/ˈpaɪθɑn/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Any member of the comedy troupe Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin.
- Grammar: python is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: coding language, constrictor, dragon, harpy.
- Useful contrasts: low level language, machine language, venomous snake.
- Usage evidence: GCC is a compiler while Python is an interpreter.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any member of the comedy troupe Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin. informal
"John Cleese is perhaps the best-known of the Pythons."
- 2 Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
- 3 large Old World boas wordnet
- 4 A penis. slang, vulgar
- 5 a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language for computers created by Guido van Rossum wordnet
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- 6 a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo. Greek
"Here Apollo killed a serpent called the Python, and established a great prophetic shrine. Sometimes it is said that the Titaness Themis had the shrine before him, and this, as well as the killing of the Python, suggests that Apollo took over a place already of religious significance, associated with chthonic (i.e., earth) powers."
- 2 An interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language invented by Guido van Rossum.
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
low level languagemachine languagevenomous snake
Example
"GCC is a compiler while Python is an interpreter."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "python"?
Common synonyms include: coding language, constrictor, dragon, harpy, loch ness monster, medusa.
How do you use "python" in a sentence?
GCC is a compiler while Python is an interpreter.
How do you pronounce "python"?
Pronounced /ˈpaɪθɑn/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
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.