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Catalan

Etymology

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Noun

pont m (plural ponts)

  1. bridge (construction)

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔnt

Noun

pont c (plural ponten, diminutive pontje n)

  1. ferry, ferryboat

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: ponchi (from the diminutive)

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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 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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Punkt, from Latin punctum.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		ponté pontoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		pontéi pontokéi
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

Compound words
Expressions

References

  1. ^ pont in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ pont in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Maltese

Etymology

From Sicilian ponti, from Latin pons. The loss of native Arabic جِسْر (jisr) was likely as Malta has no rivers or permanent brooks (though, of course, there may have been isolated bridges at inlets, ravines, etc., as there certainly are today).

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. bridge

Norman

Etymology

From Old French pont, from Latin pōns, pontem.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Jersey):(file)

Noun

pont m (plural ponts)

  1. (Jersey) bridge

Old French

Etymology

From Latin pōns, pontem.

Noun

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

  1. bridge (construction)

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian pont. Doublet of punct.

Noun

pont n (plural ponturi)

  1. tip, hint
  2. cue
  3. cinch

Welsh

pont

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pōns, pōntis.

Pronunciation

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.
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