ponte

See also: Ponte, pónte, and ponté

Asturian

Alternative forms

• puente

Etymology

From Latin pōns, pontem.

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge

Basque

Noun

ponte

1. font

French

Etymology 1

Nominalized form of an old past participle of pondre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃t/
• Homophones: pontent, pontes

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. laying of eggs
2. laying season

   Synonym: pondaison

Etymology 2

Noun

ponte m (plural pontes)

1. "punter (cards)"
2. a person of influence, a mogul

Etymology 3

Verb

ponte

1. inflection of ponter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ponte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Ponte (bridge) over the Navia river

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ponte f, from Latin pōns, pontem m. Compare Portuguese ponte f and Spanish puente m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpontɪ], (eastern) [ˈpɔntɪ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge
2. (nautical) bridge; the deck from which a ship is controlled
3. the crossbeam of a yoke
4. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred

Derived terms

• Ponte
• Ponte Ambía
• Ponte Caldelas
• Ponte Nova
• Ponteareas
• Ponteceso
• Pontecesures
• Pontedeume
• Pontedeva
• pontella
• Pontepedra
• Pontepedriña
• ponticela
• Pontide
• pontigo
• pontillón
• Pontemaceira
• Pontenafonso
• Pontenova
• Pontevedra
• Pontevella

Related terms

• pontón

References

• “ponte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ponte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ponte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ponte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ponte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/

Noun

ponte (plural pontes)

1. bridge

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pontem, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Compare French pont, Romanian punte, Romansch punt, Spanish puente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -onte
• Hyphenation: pón‧te

Noun

ponte m (plural ponti)

1. bridge (structure)
2. deck (nautical and aviation)
3. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred

Adjective

ponte (invariable)

1. (relational) transition; bridging, transitional
   • 2020 October 10, Valentina Conte, Giovanna Vitale, “Di Maio in pressing: "I soldi del Recovery servono al più presto" [Di Maio in pressing: "The money from the Recovery are needed as soon as possible"]”, in la Repubblica‎^[3]:

     Il ministro dell'Economia Roberto Gualtieri condivide l'analisi, promette altre misure-ponte in manovra, prima che arrivino i fondi Ue.

     The Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri shares the analysis, promises other transition measures in the maneuver, before the EU funds arrive.

Derived terms

• pontile
• piano di volo

Related terms

• pontefice
• pontone

Anagrams

• pento

Latin

Etymology 1

See pontus

Noun

ponte

1. vocative singular of pontus

Etymology 2

See pons

Noun

ponte

1. ablative singular of pōns

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pontem m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ponte/

Noun

ponte f

1. spring (water source)
2. fountain

Derived terms

• Ponte

Descendants

• Galician: ponte f
• Portuguese: ponte f

Portuguese

ponte

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ponte f, from Latin pontem m, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Compare Galician ponte f and Spanish puente m.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: pon‧te

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)
2. (medicine) bypass (a passage created around a damaged organ)

   Synonym: bypass

3. (figurative) bridge (anything that connects separate things)
4. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred

Related terms

• pontão
• pontífice

 

Spanish

Verb

ponte

1. second-person singular imperative of poner combined with te