pythonic
py·thon·ic/paɪˈθɑnɪk/adjective
pythonic is spelled P-Y-T-H-O-N-I-C: 8 letters and 3 syllables (py·thon·ic). It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pythonic means “Of or pertaining to, or resembling, a python (“large constricting snake of the family Pythonidae”); pythonlike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pythonic?
| Letters | 8: P-Y-T-H-O-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: py·thon·ic |
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pythonic?
Pythonic appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pythonic?
- UK /paɪˈθɒnɪk/
- UK /pɪ-/
- US /paɪˈθɑnɪk/
Pythonic has 3 syllables, split py·thon·ic in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pythonic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pythonic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pythonic from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnɪk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hypnotic.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pythonic
- more pythonic comparative
- most pythonic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pythonic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to, or resembling, a python (“large constricting snake of the family Pythonidae”); pythonlike.
- 2
Of or pertaining to an oracle or prophet, or to the telling of prophecies; oracular, prophetic.
- 3
Alternative letter-case form of Pythonic (“of or pertaining to, or resembling, the Python in Ancient Greek mythology, a serpent which lived at Delphi (regarded as the centre of the Earth) until it was killed by Apollo; (figurative) enormous; monstrous”).
- 4
Alternative letter-case form of Pythonic (“using the idioms of the Python programming language”).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to, or resembling, the Python in Ancient Greek mythology, a serpent which lived at Delphi (regarded as the centre of the Earth) until it was killed by Apollo.
- 2
Enormous; also, monstrous.
- 3
Using the idioms of the Python programming language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pythonic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to a python:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | pitônico, pitónico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pythonic come from?
From python (“snake of the family Pythonidae”) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Python is derived from Latin Pȳthōn, from Ancient Greek Πῡ́θων (Pū́thōn, “Python, mythical serpent which lived at Delphi”), from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ, “Pytho, ancient name of Delphi; Python, the mythical serpent”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep; dark (?); unclear (?)”) or *puH- (“foul, rotten”)) + -ων (-ōn, suffix forming possessives).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).