Alternative forms

• puente

Etymology

Inherited from Old LeoneseCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Old Leonese#PONTECategory:Asturian terms derived from Old Leonese#PONTE ponte, from LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#PONTECategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#PONTE pōns, pontem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈponte/ [ˈpõn̪.t̪e]Category:Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation#PONTE
• Rhymes: -onteCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/onte#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Asturian/onte/2 syllables#PONTE
• Syllabification: pon‧te

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)Category:Asturian lemmas#PONTECategory:Asturian nouns#PONTECategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#PONTECategory:Asturian feminine nouns#PONTECategory:Pages with entries#PONTECategory:Pages with 11 entries#PONTE

1. bridge

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Basque entries#PONTE

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ponte/ [põn̪.t̪e]Category:Basque 2-syllable words#PONTECategory:Basque terms with IPA pronunciation#PONTE
• Rhymes: -onte, -eCategory:Rhymes:Basque/onte#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Basque/onte/2 syllables#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Basque/e#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Basque/e/2 syllables#PONTE
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

Noun

ponte inanCategory:Basque lemmas#PONTECategory:Basque nouns#PONTECategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#PONTECategory:Basque inanimate nouns#PONTECategory:Pages with entries#PONTECategory:Pages with 11 entries#PONTE

1. font

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃t/Category:French 1-syllable words#PONTECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#PONTE
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃tCategory:Rhymes:French/ɔ̃t#PONTECategory:Rhymes:French/ɔ̃t/1 syllable#PONTE
• Homophones: pontent, pontesCategory:French terms with homophones#PONTE

Etymology 1

Nominalized form of an old past participle of pondre.^[1]

Etymology 2

Deverbal from ponterCategory:French deverbals#PONTE.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

Further reading

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

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#PONTECategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#PONTE ponte f, from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#PONTECategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#PONTE pōns, pontem m. Compare Portuguese ponte f and Spanish puente m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈponte/ [ˈpon̪.t̪ɪ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#PONTE
  • Rhymes: -onteCategory:Rhymes:Galician/onte#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Galician/onte/2 syllables#PONTE
• IPA^(key): (Eastern) /ˈpɔnte/ [ˈpɔn̪.t̪ɪ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#PONTE

  • Audio:

    (file)

    Category:Galician terms with audio pronunciation#PONTE
  • Rhymes: -ɔnteCategory:Rhymes:Galician/ɔnte#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Galician/ɔnte/2 syllables#PONTE
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)Category:Galician lemmas#PONTECategory:Galician nouns#PONTECategory:Galician countable nouns#PONTECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#PONTECategory:Galician feminine nouns#PONTECategory:Pages with entries#PONTECategory:Pages with 11 entries#PONTE

1. bridge
2. (nauticalCategory:gl:Nautical#PONTE) 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

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ponte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ponte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ponte”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/Category:Interlingua terms with IPA pronunciation#PONTE

Noun

ponte (plural pontes)Category:Interlingua lemmas#PONTECategory:Interlingua nouns#PONTECategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#PONTECategory:Pages with entries#PONTECategory:Pages with 11 entries#PONTE

1. bridge

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#PONTECategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#PONTE pontem.

Compare French, Dutch, and Catalan pont, Romanian punte, Romansh punt, Portuguese ponte, Spanish puente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/^[1]Category:Italian 2-syllable words#PONTECategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#PONTE

• Audio (un ponte):

  (file)

  Category:Italian terms with audio pronunciation#PONTE
• Homophone: PonteCategory:Italian terms with homophones#PONTE
• Rhymes: -onteCategory:Rhymes:Italian/onte#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Italian/onte/2 syllables#PONTE
• Hyphenation: pón‧te

Noun

ponte m (plural ponti)Category:Italian lemmas#PONTECategory:Italian nouns#PONTECategory:Italian countable nouns#PONTECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#PONTECategory:Italian masculine nouns#PONTECategory:Pages with entries#PONTECategory:Pages with 11 entries#PONTE

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)Category:Italian lemmas#PONTECategory:Italian adjectives#PONTECategory:Italian indeclinable adjectives#PONTECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#PONTECategory:Pages with entries#PONTECategory:Pages with 11 entries#PONTE

1. 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.

     Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri shares the analysis, promises other transition measures in the maneuver, before the EU funds arrive.

     Category:Italian terms with quotations#PONTE

References

Further reading

• pónte in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• ponte in Treccani.it – Sinonimi e Contrari (2003), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• ponte in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• ponte in Treccani.it – Thesaurus (2018), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Ponte (disambigua) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• pento

Etymology 1

See pontus

Etymology 2

See pons

Alternative forms

• põte

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#PONTECategory:Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Latin#PONTE pontem m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈponte/Category:Old Galician-Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#PONTE
• Rhymes: -onteCategory:Rhymes:Old Galician-Portuguese/onte#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Old Galician-Portuguese/onte/2 syllables#PONTE
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)Category:Old Galician-Portuguese lemmas#PONTECategory:Old Galician-Portuguese nouns#PONTECategory:Old Galician-Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PONTECategory:Old Galician-Portuguese feminine nouns#PONTECategory:Pages with entries#PONTECategory:Pages with 11 entries#PONTE

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ponte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ponte”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Old Leonese terms inherited from Latin#PONTECategory:Old Leonese terms derived from Latin#PONTE pōns

Noun

ponte fCategory:Old Leonese lemmas#PONTECategory:Old Leonese nouns#PONTECategory:Old Leonese entries with incorrect language header#PONTECategory:Old Leonese feminine nouns#PONTECategory:Pages with entries#PONTECategory:Pages with 11 entries#PONTE

1. bridge^[1]
   • 1260, "El déan y cabildo de San Salvador otorgan un heredamiento en Gallegos" (document from Oviedo):

     que lantedes e ensertedes e arrompades enno heredamiento que don Stevan Pardo compro enna villa de Gallegos, allenze la ponte

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     Category:Old Leonese terms with quotations#PONTECategory:Requests for translations of Old Leonese quotations#PONTE

     Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned

References

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#PONTECategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#PONTE ponte f, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#PONTECategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#PONTE pontem m. Compare Galician ponte f and Spanish puente m.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#PONTE
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -õtɨ, (Brazil) -õt͡ʃi, (Southern Brazil) -õteCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/õtɨ#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/õtɨ/2 syllables#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/õt͡ʃi#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/õt͡ʃi/2 syllables#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/õte#PONTECategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/õte/2 syllables#PONTE
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)Category:Portuguese lemmas#PONTECategory:Portuguese nouns#PONTECategory:Portuguese countable nouns#PONTECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PONTECategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#PONTECategory:Pages with entries#PONTECategory:Pages with 11 entries#PONTE

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)
2. (medicineCategory:pt:Medicine#PONTE) bypass (a passage created around a damaged organ)

   Synonym: bypass

3. (figuratively) bridge (anything that connects separate things)
4. (PortugalCategory:European Portuguese#PONTE) long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred

   Synonym: (Brazil) feriadão

References

• “ponte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ponte” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Further reading

• “ponte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Verb

ponteCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#PONTECategory:Spanish verb forms#PONTECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PONTECategory:Pages with entries#PONTECategory:Pages with 11 entries#PONTE

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