ponto

See also: Ponto and pónto

Esperanto

Ponto inter Rion kaj Antirion, Grekio
Bridge between Rion and Antirion, Greece

Etymology

From French pont

Pronunciation

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

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, pōntem.

Noun

ponto m

1. bridge

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpon.toː/, [ˈpɔn.toː]

Etymology 1

From pōns (“bridge”).

Noun

pontō m (genitive pontōnis); third declension

1. ferryboat

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pontō	pontōnēs
genitive	pontōnis	pontōnium
dative	pontōnī	pontōnibus
accusative	pontōnem	pontōnēs
ablative	pontōne	pontōnibus
vocative	pontō	pontōnēs

Descendants

• English: pontoon
• Esperanto: pontono
• French: ponton
• German: Ponton

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• ponto in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.tu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.to/
• Homophone: Ponto
• Hyphenation: pon‧to

Noun

ponto m (plural pontos)

1. point (location or place)
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 8574800449:

     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 8574800449:

     —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?

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 8574800449:

     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.

8. (typography) dot or tittle of a character
9. (grammar) full stop
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 examples of usage of this term, see Citations:ponto.

Synonyms

• (location): local, localidade, lugar
• (topic): tópico
• (small spot): mancha, pinta, sinal
• (dot or tittle): pingo
• (full stop): ponto final

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