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pythonisse

French, noun/pi.tɔ.nis/

pythonisse is spelled P-Y-T-H-O-N-I-S-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pythonisse is a French feminine noun meaning “a witch (etc) who makes predictions; pythoness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pythie de Delphes”.

What does pythonisse mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininea witch (etc) who makes predictions; pythoness

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pythie de Delphes. 2. Toute femme qui fait métier de prédire l’avenir.

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 pythonisse

  • pythonisses plural
  • pythonesse rare

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

How do you pronounce pythonisse?

  • /pi.tɔ.nis/
  • \pi.tɔ.nis\
  • [pi.tɔ.nis]

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

How common is pythonisse in French?

pythonisse appears about once in every 63 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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