ponton

French

ponton (plural pontons)

1. Archaic form of pontoon..

• “ponton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

ponton

1. accusative singular of ponto

Inherited from Old French ponton, from Latin pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”). By surface analysis, pont +‎ -on.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃.tɔ̃/

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ponton m (plural pontons)

1. (military) pontoon
2. (nautical) pontoon (floating structure supporting a bridge or dock)
3. (nautical) pontoon (the boat)

• pont

• “ponton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

ponton (plural pontonok)

1. pontoon, a floating structure supporting a bridge or dock
2. (military) pontoon, a flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge

• pontonhíd

pont +‎ -on

ponton

1. superessive singular of pont

• ponton in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Borrowed from French ponton.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔn.tɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔntɔn
• Syllabification: pon‧ton

ponton m inan (diminutive pontonik)

1. (nautical) raft, dinghy (small inflatable boat)
2. pontoon (floating structure)

• ponton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ponton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French ponton.

ponton n (plural pontoane)

1. pontoon

Borrowed from French ponton, from Latin pōns (“bridge”).

ponton c

1. a pontoon (buoyant support)
2. a pontoon (box to raise sunken vessel)
3. a pontoon (float of seaplane)

• pontonbro (“pontoon bridge”)

• ponton in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ponton in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ponton in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• ponton in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)