ponto

See also: Ponto and pónto

Esperanto

Etymology

From French pont.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈponto/
• Hyphenation: pon‧to
• Hyphenation: onto

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Noun

ponto (accusative singular ponton, plural pontoj, accusative plural pontojn)

1. bridge

   La ponto estis konstruita super la rivero. ― The bridge was built over the river.

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto ponto, from French pont, Italian ponte, Spanish puente, ultimately from Latin pontem, accusative singular of pōns, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s, from *pent-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.to/, /ˈpɔn.tɔ/

Noun

ponto (plural ponti)

1. bridge; culvert; gangplank, gangway

Derived terms

• ponteto (“footbridge, culvert, gangway”)
  • kordoponteto (“bridge (of a violin)”)

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin pōns, pontem.

Noun

ponto m

1. bridge

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pontus, from Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔnto
• Hyphenation: pòn‧to

Noun

ponto m (plural ponti)

1. (literary) sea

   Synonyms: mare, (literary) pelago

References

• ponto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpon.toː/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpon.to/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪ɔ]

Etymology 1

From pōns (“bridge”).

Noun

pontō m (genitive pontōnis); third declension

1. ferryboat
2. a floating bridge or pontoon

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pontō	pontōnēs
Genitive	pontōnis	pontōnium
Dative	pontōnī	pontōnibus
Accusative	pontōnem	pontōnēs pontōnīs
Ablative	pontōne	pontōnibus
Vocative	pontō	pontōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: pontó
• English: pontoon
• Esperanto: pontono
• French: ponton
• Galician: pontón
• German: Ponton
• Irish: pontún
• Italian: pontone
• Portuguese: pontão
• Spanish: pontón

Etymology 2

Noun

pontō

1. dative singular of pontus
2. ablative singular of pontus

References

• ponto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ponto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ponto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• ponto in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Oroqen

Noun

ponto

1. deer

References

• Li, Fengxiang and Lindsay J. Whaley, Oroqen vocabulary, in Martin Haspelmath & Uri Tadmor (editors), World Loanword Database, Munich: Max Planck Digital Library (2009)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• poncto (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum (“point”), from pungō (“I prick, puncture, punch”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.tu/, [ˈpõʊ̯̃ⁿ.t̪ʊ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.to/
• Homophone: Ponto
• Hyphenation: pon‧to

Noun

ponto m (plural pontos)

1. point (location or place)

   Synonyms: local, localidade, lugar

2. point (unit of scoring)
   • 1888, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica‎^[1], Porto: Livraria Internacional de Ernesto Chardron, →ISBN:

     E em triumpho, aos pulos, contou elle mesmo os sessenta e oito pontos que Carlos perdia.

     And in triumph, jumping, he counted himself the sixty-eight points Carl had lost.

3. point (topic of discussion)
   • 1888, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica‎^[2], Porto: Livraria Internacional de Ernesto Chardron, →ISBN:

     —Vamos ao ponto essencial... Quanto quer o snr. Palma por me dizer quem lhe encommendou o artigo da Corneta?

     Let’s get to the point... how much does Mr. Palma want for telling me who ordered the Corneta article?

   Synonym: tópico

4. point (particular moment in an event)
5. (economics) point (unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares)
6. (geometry) point (zero-dimensional object)
7. dot (small spot)
   • 1888, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica‎^[3], Porto: Livraria Internacional de Ernesto Chardron, →ISBN:

     Alencar deu um olhar á severa frontaria de convento, adormecida, sem um ponto de luz.

     Alencar looked at the sombre façade of the convent, asleep, without a dot of light.

   Synonyms: mancha, pinta, sinal

8. (typography) dot or tittle of a character

   Synonym: pingo

9. (grammar) full stop

   Synonym: ponto final

10. (sewing) stitch (single pass of a needle in sewing or suture)
11. a register of the time each employee arrives and leaves his workplace
12. a machine or device which logs the time each employee arrives and leaves his workplace
13. a specific value in a scale

    ponto crítico

    critical point

14. (cooking) neither well done nor rare
15. a location where passengers wait for a bus or taxi
16. a unit of measurement of TV audience

Quotations

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ponto.

Coordinate terms

• (zero-dimensional object): espaço, plano
• (full stop): ponto de exclamação, ponto de interrogação, ponto-e-vírgula, reticências, vírgula
• (neither well done nor rare): bem-passado, mal-passado

Derived terms

Related terms

• a ponto de
• a ponto que
• assinar o ponto
• até certo ponto
• bater o ponto
• chegar ao ponto de
• dormir no ponto

• em ponto
• entregar os pontos
• fazer ponto
• ponto aberto
• ponto alto
• ponto cardeal
• ponto cego

• ponto cheio
• ponto crítico
• ponto-cruz
• ponto de baínha
• ponto de bolha
• ponto de equilíbrio
• ponto de exclamação

• ponto de fuga
• ponto de interrogração
• ponto de não-retorno
• ponto de orvalho
• ponto de tricô
• ponto de vista
• ponto estacionário

• ponto-e-vírgula
• ponto forte
• ponto fraco
• ponto impróprio
• ponto morto
• ponto neutro

Related terms

• apontar
• ponta
• ponteira
• ponteiro

• pontuação
• pontuado
• pontuador
• pontual

• pontualidade
• pontuar
• pontuável

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Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

ponto m (plural pontos)

1. (poetic) sea; seas