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See also: Ponte, pónte, and ponté

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pōns, pontem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈponte/,
  • Rhymes: -onte
  • Hyphenation: pon‧te

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

  1. bridge

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

ponte inan

  1. font

Declension

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Nominalized form of an old past participle of pondre.

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

  1. laying of eggs
  2. laying season
    Synonym: pondaison

Etymology 2

Noun

ponte m (plural pontes)

  1. "punter (cards)"
  2. a person of influence, a mogul

Etymology 3

Verb

ponte

  1. inflection of ponter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ “ponte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 .
  3. ^ .

Further reading

Galician

Ponte (bridge) over the Navia river

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ponte f, from Latin pōns, pontem m. Compare Portuguese ponte f and Spanish puente m.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈponte/
  • IPA(key): (Eastern) /ˈpɔnte/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔnte
  • Hyphenation: pon‧te

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

  1. bridge
  2. (nautical) bridge; the deck from which a ship is controlled
  3. the crossbeam of a yoke
  4. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • “ponte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ponte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ponte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ponte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ponte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Noun

ponte (plural pontes)

  1. bridge

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pontem, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Compare French pont, Romanian punte, Romansch punt, Spanish puente.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpon.te/
  • Audio (female voice "un ponte"):(file)
  • Rhymes: -onte
  • Hyphenation: pón‧te

Noun

ponte m (plural ponti)

  1. bridge (structure)
  2. deck (nautical and aviation)
  3. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred

Adjective

ponte (invariable)

  1. (relational) transition; bridging, transitional
    • 2020 October 10, Valentina Conte, Giovanna Vitale, “Di Maio in pressing: "I soldi del Recovery servono al più presto" [Di Maio in pressing: "The money from the Recovery are needed as soon as possible"]”, in la Repubblica‎:
      Il ministro dell'Economia Roberto Gualtieri condivide l'analisi, promette altre misure-ponte in manovra, prima che arrivino i fondi Ue.
      The Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri shares the analysis, promises other transition measures in the maneuver, before the EU funds arrive.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

See pontus

Noun

ponte

  1. vocative singular of pontus

Etymology 2

See pons

Noun

ponte

  1. ablative singular of pōns

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pontem m.

Pronunciation

Noun

ponte f

  1. spring (water source)
  2. fountain

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: ponte f
  • Portuguese: ponte f

Portuguese

 ponte on Portuguese Wikipedia
ponte

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ponte f, from Latin pontem m, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Compare Galician ponte f and Spanish puente m.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

  1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)
  2. (medicine) bypass (a passage created around a damaged organ)
    Synonym: bypass
  3. (figuratively) bridge (anything that connects separate things)
  4. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred

Related terms

Spanish

Verb

ponte

  1. second-person singular imperative of poner combined with te
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