pont

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan pònt), from Latin pontem, accusative singular of pōns (compare French pont, Spanish puente), from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”).

pont m (plural ponts)

1. bridge (construction)

• pontó

From Middle Dutch ponte, borrowed from Latin pontō (“ferryboat”), probably derived from pōns (“bridge”).

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• Rhymes: -ɔnt

pont c (plural ponten, diminutive pontje n)

1. ferry, ferryboat

• veerpont

• → Papiamentu: ponchi (from the diminutive)

From Old French pont, from Latin pontem, accusative singular of pōns, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Compare Catalan pont, Italian ponte, Occitan pònt, Portuguese ponte, Romanian punte, Romansch punt, Spanish puente, Welsh pont.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃/

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• Homophone: ponts
• Hyphenation: pont

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 rond ^W

   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
3. (dentistry, Canada) bridge

• (dentistry): bridge (France)

• pontife
• ponton

• “pont” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin punctum.

pont m (plural ponts)

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

• ponte

Borrowed from Latin punctum.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpont]

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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.

• épp
• éppen, pontosan (not in all contexts)

pont (plural pontok)

1. point
2. dot, full stop, period

• p. (abbreviation)
• pontos

From Old French pont, from Latin pōns, pontem.

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pont m (plural ponts)

1. (Jersey) bridge

From Latin pōns, pontem.

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

1. bridge (construction)

• French: pont
• Norman: pont
• Walloon: pont

Borrowed from Hungarian pont. Doublet of punct.

pont n (plural ponturi)

1. tip, hint
2. cue
3. cinch

Borrowed from Latin pōns, pōntis.

• IPA^(key): /pɔnt/

pont f (plural pontydd)

1. bridge