ponton

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French

Noun[edit]

ponton (plural pontons)

  1. Archaic form of pontoon..

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Esperanto[edit]

Noun[edit]

ponton

  1. accusative singular of ponto

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pɔ̃.tɔ̃/
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Noun[edit]

ponton m (plural pontons)

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

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Further reading[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]
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
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Etymology 2[edit]

pont +‎ -on

Noun[edit]

ponton

  1. superessive singular of pont

Further reading[edit]

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

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French ponton.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ponton m inan (diminutive pontonik)

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

Declension[edit]

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adjective
noun

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adjective
noun

Further reading[edit]

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

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French ponton.

Noun[edit]

ponton n (plural pontoane)

  1. pontoon

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ponton c

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of ponton 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ponton pontonen pontoner pontonerna
Genitive pontons pontonens pontoners pontonernas

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