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pont

pont

Catalan

Noun

pont m ‎(plural ponts)

  1. bridge (construction)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔnt

Noun

pont c ‎(plural ponten, diminutive pontje n)

  1. ferry, ferryboat

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Old French pont, from Latin pōns, pōntem. Compare Catalan pont, Italian ponte, Occitan pònt, Portuguese ponte, Romanian punte, Romansch punt, Spanish puente, Welsh pont.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ̃/
  • Homophone: ponts
  • Hyphenation: pont

Noun

pont m ‎(plural ponts)

  1. bridge
    Sur le pont d’Avignon / L'on y danse, l'on y danse / Sur le pont d’Avignon / L'on y danse tous en rondW
    On the bridge of Avignon / We all dance there, we all dance there / On the bridge of Avignon / We all dance there in a ring
  2. deck

Related terms

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin punctum.

Noun

pont m ‎(plural ponts)

  1. point
  2. full stop, period
  3. dot
  4. instant
  5. (in the plural) points, score

Related terms

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pūnctum

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpont]

Adverb

pont

  1. exactly, just, precisely
    Pont ez a lényeg.‎ ― That’s exactly the point about it.
    Pont fordítva mondtad.‎ ― You’ve said it just the other way round.
    Pont ma beszéltünk erről.‎ ― We just talked about that this very day / just today.

Synonyms

Noun

pont ‎(plural pontok)

  1. point
  2. dot, full stop, period

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pont pontok
accusative pontot pontokat
dative pontnak pontoknak
instrumental ponttal pontokkal
causal-final pontért pontokért
translative ponttá pontokká
terminative pontig pontokig
essive-formal pontként pontokként
essive-modal — —
inessive pontban pontokban
superessive ponton pontokon
adessive pontnál pontoknál
illative pontba pontokba
sublative pontra pontokra
allative ponthoz pontokhoz
elative pontból pontokból
delative pontról pontokról
ablative ponttól pontoktól
Possessive forms of pont
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pontom pontjaim
2nd person sing. pontod pontjaid
3rd person sing. pontja pontjai
1st person plural pontunk pontjaink
2nd person plural pontotok pontjaitok
3rd person plural pontjuk pontjaik

Derived terms

Norman

Etymology

From Old French pont, from Latin pōns, pōntem.

Pronunciation

Noun

pont m ‎(plural ponts)

  1. (Jersey) bridge

Old French

Etymology

From Latin pōns, pōntem.

Noun

pont m ‎(oblique plural ponz or pontz, nominative singular ponz or pontz, nominative plural pont)

  1. bridge (construction)

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Hungarian pont. Doublet of punct.

Noun

pont n ‎(plural ponturi)

  1. tip, hint
  2. cue
  3. cinch

Welsh

pont

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pōns

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔnt/

Noun

pont f (plural pontydd)

  1. bridge

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pont bont mhont phont
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin pōns, pōntem.

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