Pontic

See also: pontic and pòntic

English

Etymology

From Latin ponticus, from Ancient Greek Ποντῐκός (Pontikós), from Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea, Pontus”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to Pontus +‎ -ic. Doublet of bonduc and bundook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒntɪk/

Adjective

Pontic (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or relating to kingdom of Pontus.
2. (historical) Of or relating to the region of Pontus in northern Anatolia.
3. (linguistics) Of or relating to Pontic Greek, the dialect of Greek that developed in Pontus and is now spoken chiefly in rural northern Greece.
4. (chiefly historical) Of or relating to the Black Sea.

Derived terms

• pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)

Translations

Translations

• Armenian: Պոնտոսի (Pontosi)
• Bulgarian: понтийски (pontijski)
• Catalan: pòntic m, pòntica f
• Czech: pontský
• Danish: pontisk
• Dutch: pontisch
• Finnish: pontolainen, Pontoksen
• French: pontique (fr) m or f
• Georgian: პონტოური (ṗonṭouri)
• German: pontisch (de)
• Greek: ποντιακός (el) (pontiakós)

  Ancient: Ποντικός (Pontikós)

• Hungarian: pontoszi
• Italian: pontico m, pontica f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pontisk

  Nynorsk: pontisk

• Polish: pontyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: pôntico (pt) m, pôntica f
• Romanian: pontic (ro)
• Russian: понти́йский (ru) (pontíjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: понтски

  Roman: pontski

• Slovak: pontský
• Spanish: póntico
• Swedish: pontisk
• Ukrainian: понті́йські (pontíjsʹki)

Proper noun

Pontic

1. Clipping of Pontic Greek, the dialect of Greek developed in Pontus and now chiefly spoken in rural northern Greece.

Anagrams

• Picton