ponte

Alternative forms

• puente

Etymology

From Latin pōns, pōntem.

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge

Noun

ponte

1. font

Etymology

Nominalized form of an old past participle of pondre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃t/
• Homophones: pontent, pontes

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. egglaying, act of laying eggs
2. egglaying season

   Synonym: pondaison

Verb

ponte

1. first-person singular present indicative of ponter
2. third-person singular present indicative of ponter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ponter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ponter
5. second-person singular imperative of ponter

Further reading

• “ponte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Latin pōns.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge
2. (nautical) bridge; the deck from which a ship is controlled
3. the crossbeam of a yoke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/

Noun

ponte (plural pontes)

1. bridge

Etymology

From Latin pontem, accusative case of pōns. Compare French pont, Romanian punte, Romansch punt, Spanish puente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/, [ˈpon̪t̪e]

• Audio

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• Stress: pónte
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

Noun

ponte m (plural ponti)

1. bridge (structure)

Anagrams

• pento

Etymology 1

See pontus

Etymology 2

See pons

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ponte, from Latin pons, pontis, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.tɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.tʃi/
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

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)
3. (figuratively) bridge (anything that connects separate things)

Verb

ponte

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of poner, pon and the pronoun te.