ponto

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See also: Ponto and pónto

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese ponto (“point”), Old Galician-Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of punto and puncto.

Noun[edit]

ponto (plural pontos)

  1. (historical, measure) A traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to 0.2 mm.

Synonyms[edit]

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Esperanto[edit]

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

Etymology[edit]

Common Romance, ultimately from Latin pōns. Compare French pont, Italian ponte.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈponto]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -onto
  • Hyphenation: pon‧to

Noun[edit]

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.

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpon.to/, /ˈpɔn.tɔ/

Noun[edit]

ponto (plural ponti)

  1. bridge; culvert; gangplank, gangway

Derived terms[edit]

Istriot[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pōns, pontem.

Noun[edit]

ponto m

  1. bridge

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ponto m (plural ponti)

  1. (literary) sea
    Synonyms: mare, (literary) pelago

Further reading[edit]

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

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From pōns (“bridge”).

Noun[edit]

pontō m (genitive pontōnis); third declension

  1. ferryboat
  2. a floating bridge or pontoon
Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

pontō

  1. dative/ablative singular of pontus

References[edit]

  • “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

Oroqen[edit]

Noun[edit]

ponto

  1. deer

References[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum (“point”), from pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to punch”). Cognate with Spanish punto.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ponto m (plural pontos)

  1. point, a specific spot, location, or place
    Synonyms: local, localidade, lugar
  2. (sports) point, a 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, a topic of discussion
    Synonyms: questão, tópico
    • 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?
  4. point, a particular moment
  5. (economics) point, a unit used to express stocks, shares, interest rates, etc.
  6. (geometry) point, a zero-dimensional object or location
  7. point, any dot or small spot
    Synonyms: mancha, pinta, sinal
    • 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.
  8. (typography) point, a dot or tittle of a character
    Synonym: pingo
  9. (grammar) point, a full stop or period
    Synonym: ponto final
  10. (sewing) stitch, a single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture
  11. timecard, a register of when employees arrive and leave
  12. time clock, a machine used to log when employees arrive and leave
  13. point, a specific value in a scale
    ponto crítico
    critical point
  14. (cooking) medium rare, done an amount of cooking between rare and well done
  15. (Brazil) bus stop, taxi stand, a location where passengers wait for a bus or taxi
    Synonym: (Portugal) paragem
    ponto de ônibus
    bus stop
    ponto de táxi
    taxi stand
  16. (historical, measure) Portuguese point, a small unit of length, about equal to 0.2 mm
  17. point, a unit of measurement for a TV audience
  18. (theater) an assistant who helps actors with forgotten lines

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin pontus (“sea”), q.v.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈponto/ [ˈpõn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -onto
  • Syllabification: pon‧to

Noun[edit]

ponto m (plural pontos)

  1. (poetic) sea; the sea

Further reading[edit]

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