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Piton
piton
piton
English
Noun
piton (plural pitons)
- a spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber)
Translations
a spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
Verb
piton (third-person singular simple present pitons, present participle pitoning, simple past and past participle pitoned)
- (climbing) to put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing
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Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
From scientific Latin python, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo[1], 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)
- python (constricting snake)
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 |
Synonyms
References
- ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2
Romanian
Etymology 1
Noun
piton m (plural pitoni)
Declension
declension of piton
Etymology 2
Noun
piton n (plural pitoane)
- 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 | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǐtoːn/
- Hyphenation: pi‧ton
Proper noun
pìtōn m (Cyrillic spelling пѝто̄н)
- python (constricting snake)
Declension
Declension of piton
References
- “piton” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈtóːn/
- Tonal orthography: pitọ̑n
Noun
pitón m anim (genitive pitóna, nominative plural pitóni)
- python (constricting snake)
Declension
Declension of pitón (masculine anim., hard o-stem)
