ponent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ponente (“west”), ultimately from Latin ponent-, ponens, present participle of ponere (“to place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊnənt/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

ponent (uncountable)

1. The west; the area of the setting sun.

   Synonyms: occident, west

Adjective

ponent (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the west, westerly.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC:

     Forth rush the Levant and the Ponent winds, Eurus and Zephyr

   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     There was an ambiguity surpassing conjecture in her eyes, and the wind rose up around us in that half barbaric Russian garden with its alien Diana blackened by snows and fierce ponent winds

Anagrams

• Penton, penton

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈnen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [poˈnent]

Etymology 1

From Latin ponens (“putting, setting”), present participle of pōnō (“I put, I set”).

Noun

ponent m (plural ponents)

1. The place where the sun sets, the west.

   Synonyms: occident, oest

2. A wind from the west.

Derived terms

• ponentí

Etymology 2

From pondre (“to set”).

Noun

ponent m or f (plural ponents)

1. rapporteur

Derived terms

• ponència

Verb

ponent

Further reading

• “ponent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) pōnent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of pōnō