piton

P3I1T1O1N1
/ˈpiːˌtɒn/

noun

A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).

OriginFrench piton ← Occitan pitt- →
UncommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

nounpiton (plural pitons)

plural pitons

  1. climbingA spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).
verbpiton (third-person singular simple present pitons, present participle pitoning, simple past and past participle pitoned)

present singular third person pitons · participle present pitoning · participle past pitoned · past pitoned

  1. climbingTo put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing.

Origin

  1. Occitanpitt-
  2. Frenchpiton
  3. Englishpiton

Borrowed from French piton (“nail”).

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Translations

Bulgarian клин
  • клин (klin)a spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
Chinese Mandarin 岩釘 /岩钉
  • 岩釘 /岩钉 (yándīng)a spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
Czech skoba
  • skobaa spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
Finnish haka, kiila
  • hakaa spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
  • kiilaa spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
German Felshaken
  • Felshakena spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
Hungarian jégszeg, falkapocs
  • jégszega spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
  • falkapocsa spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
Norwegian ringbolt
  • ringbolta spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
Portuguese pitão
  • pitãoa spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
Romanian piton
  • pitona spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)
Russian ска́льный крюк
  • ска́льный крюк (skálʹnyj krjuk)a spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with piton

Teton
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Anagrams

pointpinotpintopotin
Cite this entry
APA

piton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piton

MLA

“piton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piton.

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