python

Other forms of python

plural

pythons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about python

What does python mean?

python means "large Old World boas". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in python?

python has 2 syllables: py-thon. The stress falls on "py". In IPA it is /ˈpaɪθɑn/.

Is python a common word?

python is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.