pontoon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɒnˈtuːn/, SAMPA: /pQn"tu:n/
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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French ponton, from Latin ponto (‘ferryboat’), from pons (‘bridge’).

[edit] Noun

pontoon (plural pontoons)

1. (military) A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
2. A floating structure supporting a bridge or dock.
3. A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
4. A float of a seaplane.

[edit] Synonyms

• (floating structure used as a bridge): pontoon bridge

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

Probably from vingt-un, an obsolete variant of vingt-et-un, from French, literally ‘twenty-one’.

[edit] Noun

pontoon (uncountable)

1. (card games): A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it.

[edit] Synonyms

• (card game): vingt-et-un

[edit] See also

• baccarat
• blackjack
• twenty-one