Dupont

See also: Du Pont and DuPont

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French Dupont.

Proper noun

Dupont (countable and uncountable, plural Duponts)

  1. A surname from French.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Colorado, named after the DuPont company.
    2. A town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, named after the Du Pont family.
    3. An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, named, for want of a name, after a box of Dupont shotgun shells.
    4. A village in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Samuel Francis Du Pont.
    5. A borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, named after the Dupont Explosives company.
    6. A rural community within Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee, said to be derived from dew point.
    7. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

Further reading

French

Etymology

du + pont (bridge). Most prevalent in Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dy.pɔ̃/
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Homophones: dupons, Dupond, Du Pont

Proper noun

Dupont m or f by sense

  1. a common, generic French surname

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Dupont.

Proper noun

Dupont m or f by sense

  1. a surname from French
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