ponton

See also: Ponton and pontón

English

Etymology

French

Noun

ponton (plural pontons)

1. Archaic form of pontoon.

Derived terms

• ponton bridge

References

• “ponton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ponton, from Latin pōnto, from Latin pōns (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʌŋˈtʌŋ]

Noun

ponton (singular definite pontonen, plural indefinite pontoner)

1. a pontoon (buoyant support)
2. a pontoon (box to raise sunken vessel)
3. a pontoon (float of seaplane)

Inflection

Declension of ponton

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ponton	pontonen	pontoner	pontonerne
genitive	pontons	pontonens	pontoners	pontonernes

Derived terms

• pontonbro (“pontoon bridge”)

References

• “ponton” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈponton/
• Rhymes: -onton
• Syllabification: pon‧ton

Noun

ponton

1. accusative singular of ponto

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ponton, from Latin pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”). By surface analysis, pont +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃.tɔ̃/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Hérault)):

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Noun

ponton m (plural pontons)

1. (military) pontoon
2. (nautical) pontoon (floating structure supporting a bridge or dock)
3. (nautical) pontoon (the boat)

Related terms

• pont

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈponton]
• Hyphenation: pon‧ton

Etymology 1

Noun

ponton (plural pontonok)

1. pontoon, a floating structure supporting a bridge or dock
2. (military) pontoon, a flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ponton	pontonok
accusative	pontont	pontonokat
dative	pontonnak	pontonoknak
instrumental	pontonnal	pontonokkal
causal-final	pontonért	pontonokért
translative	pontonná	pontonokká
terminative	pontonig	pontonokig
essive-formal	pontonként	pontonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pontonban	pontonokban
superessive	pontonon	pontonokon
adessive	pontonnál	pontonoknál
illative	pontonba	pontonokba
sublative	pontonra	pontonokra
allative	pontonhoz	pontonokhoz
elative	pontonból	pontonokból
delative	pontonról	pontonokról
ablative	pontontól	pontonoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	pontoné	pontonoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	pontonéi	pontonokéi

Possessive forms of ponton

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pontonom	pontonjaim
2nd person sing.	pontonod	pontonjaid
3rd person sing.	pontonja	pontonjai
1st person plural	pontonunk	pontonjaink
2nd person plural	pontonotok	pontonjaitok
3rd person plural	pontonjuk	pontonjaik

Derived terms

• pontonhíd

Etymology 2

pont +‎ -on

Noun

ponton

1. superessive singular of pont

Further reading

• ponton in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch ponton (“pontoon”), from French ponton, from Middle French ponton, from Old French ponton, from Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈponton/ [ˈpon̪.t̪ɔn]
• Rhymes: -onton
• Syllabification: pon‧ton

Noun

ponton (plural ponton-ponton)

1. pontoon
   1. buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage
   2. pontoon bridge

Derived terms

• ponton isap
• ponton penyeberangan

Further reading

• “ponton”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ponton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔn.tɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔntɔn
• Syllabification: pon‧ton

Noun

ponton m inan (diminutive pontonik)

1. (nautical) raft, dinghy (small inflatable boat)
2. pontoon (floating structure)

Declension

Declension of ponton

	singular	plural
nominative	ponton	pontony
genitive	pontonu	pontonów
dative	pontonowi	pontonom
accusative	ponton	pontony
instrumental	pontonem	pontonami
locative	pontonie	pontonach
vocative	pontonie	pontony

Derived terms

adjective

• pontonowy

noun

• pontoniak

Related terms

adjective

• pontonierski

noun

• pontonier

Further reading

• ponton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ponton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ponton.

Noun

ponton n (plural pontoane)

1. pontoon

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ponton	pontonul	pontoane	pontoanele
genitive-dative	ponton	pontonului	pontoane	pontoanelor
vocative	pontonule		pontoanelor

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ponton, from Latin pōns (“bridge”).

Noun

ponton c

1. a pontoon (buoyant support)
2. a pontoon (box to raise sunken vessel)
3. a pontoon (float of seaplane)

Declension

Declension of ponton

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ponton	pontons
	definite	pontonen	pontonens
plural	indefinite	pontoner	pontoners
	definite	pontonerna	pontonernas

Derived terms

• pontonbro (“pontoon bridge”)

References

• “ponton”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ponton”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ponton”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• ponton in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)