ponton

See also: Ponton

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French

Noun

ponton (plural pontons)

1. Alternative form of pontoon.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ponton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Esperanto

Noun

ponton

1. accusative singular of ponto

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French

Etymology

From Old French ponton, from Latin pontōnem, singular accusative of pontō (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”); equivalent to pont +‎ -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃.tɔ̃/

• Audio:

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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.

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Hungarian

Etymology

pont +‎ -on

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ponton

1. superessive singular of pont