pitón
Galician
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈtoŋ/ [piˈt̪oŋ]
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: pi‧tón
Noun
pitón m (plural pitóns)
Further reading
- “pitón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈton/ [piˈt̪õn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: pi‧tón
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of a mythological serpent slain by Apollo, from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), an old name for Delphi, probably from πύθω (púthō, “to rot, to decay”).
Noun
pitón f or (uncommonly) m (plural pitones)
- python (snake)
Etymology 2
Noun
pitón m (plural pitones)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “pitón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024