ponto

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See also: ponto-, Ponto, and pónto

English

Etymology

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

Noun

ponto (plural pontos)

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

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Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -onto
  • Hyphenation: pon‧to

Noun

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

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈpon.to/, /ˈpɔn.tɔ/

Noun

ponto (plural ponti)

  1. bridge; culvert; gangplank, gangway

Derived terms

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin pōns, pontem.

Noun

ponto m

  1. bridge

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ponto m (plural ponti)

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

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From pōns (“bridge”).

Noun

pontō m (genitive pontōnis); third declension

  1. ferryboat
  2. a floating bridge or pontoon
Declension

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

Etymology 2

Noun

pontō

  1. dative/ablative singular of pontus

References

  • “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

Noun

ponto

  1. deer

References

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

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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, 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, 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, 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

Etymology

From Latin pontus (“sea”), q.v.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈponto/
  • Rhymes: -onto
  • Syllabification: pon‧to

Noun

ponto m (plural pontos)

  1. (poetic) sea; the sea

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia