ponte

See also: Ponte, pónte, and ponté

Asturian

Alternative forms

• puente

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese ponte, from Latin pōns, pontem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈponte/ [ˈpõn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -onte
• Syllabification: pon‧te

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ponte/ [põn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -onte, -e
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

Noun

ponte inan

1. font

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

French

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Nominalized form of an old past participle of pondre.

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. laying of eggs
2. laying season

   Synonym: pondaison

Etymology 2

Deverbal from ponter.

Noun

ponte m or f (plural pontes)

1. punter (one who gambles)
2. (by extension, colloquial) mogul, bigwig (person of influence)

   Synonyms: huile, gros bonnet

   • 2024 July 8, Jonathan Sollier, “Catherine Rimbert réussit son pari”, in La Provence, page 8:

     Avant le premier tour, alors que les pontes du parti clamaient leur objectif de 5/5 dans le département, elle était même devenue l'enjeu principal de ces élections.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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): /ˈponte/ [ˈpon̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -onte
• IPA^(key): (Eastern) /ˈpɔnte/ [ˈpɔn̪.t̪ɪ]

  • Audio:

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  • Rhymes: -ɔnte
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

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
• Pontemaceira
• Pontenafonso
• Pontenova
• Pontepedra
• Pontepedriña
• Pontevedra
• Pontevella
• ponticela
• Pontide
• pontigo
• pontillón

Related terms

• pontón

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ponte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ponte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ponte”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/

Noun

ponte (plural pontes)

1. bridge

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pontem.

Compare French, Dutch, and Catalan pont, Romanian punte, Romansh punt, Portuguese ponte, Spanish puente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/

• Audio (un ponte):

  (file)

• Homophone: Ponte
• 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

Derived terms

• bruciarsi i ponti alle spalle
• le acque chete rovinano i ponti
• Ponte
• ponte a mensola
• ponte di comando
• ponte di decollo
• ponte disolfuro
• ponte levatoio
• pontile
• rompere i ponti
• testa di ponte

Related terms

• pontefice
• pontone

Adjective

ponte (invariable)

1. 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^[1]:

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

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

Derived terms

• prestito ponte

Further reading

• pónte in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• ponte in Treccani.it – Sinonimi e Contrari (2003), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• ponte in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• ponte in Treccani.it – Thesaurus (2018), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Ponte (disambigua) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• pento

Latin

Etymology 1

See pontus

Noun

ponte m

1. vocative singular of pontus (“sea”)

Etymology 2

See pons

Noun

ponte m

1. ablative singular of pōns (“bridge”)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• põte

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pontem m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈponte/
• Rhymes: -onte
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

Derived terms

• Ponte
• Pontevedra
• pontezela

Descendants

• Fala: ponti m
• Galician: ponte f
• Portuguese: ponte f

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ponte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ponte”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pōns

Noun

ponte f

1. bridge
   • 1260, "El déan y cabildo de San Salvador otorgan un heredamiento en Gallegos" (document from Oviedo):

     que lantedes e ensertedes e arrompades enno heredamiento que don Stevan Pardo compro enna villa de Gallegos, allenze la ponte

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Asturian: ponte f
• Leonese: ponte, puente f
• Mirandese: puonte f

Portuguese

ponte

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ponte f, from Latin pontem m. 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/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -õtɨ, (Brazil) -õt͡ʃi, (Southern Brazil) -õte
• 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. (figuratively) bridge (anything that connects separate things)
4. (Portugal) long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred

   Synonym: (Brazil) feriadão

Related terms

• pontão
• pontífice

Descendants

• Macanese: pónti

References

• “ponte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ponte” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Further reading

• “ponte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

ponte

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