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python

French, noun/pi.tɔ̃/

python is spelled P-Y-T-H-O-N (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Python is a French masculine noun meaning “python” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type de serpents, les plus grands des ophidiens”.

What does python mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepython

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Type de serpents, les plus grands des ophidiens.

noun: 1. Langage de programmation interprété.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of python

  • pythons plural
  • Python

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce python?

  • /pi.tɔ̃/
  • \pi.tɔ̃\
  • [pi.tɔ̃]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to python

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is python in French?

python appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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