ponte

• puente

From Latin pōns, pontem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈponte/, [ˈpõn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -onte
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge

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• IPA^(key): /ponte/ [põn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -onte
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

ponte inan

1. font

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

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

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. laying of eggs[2]
2. laying season[2]

   Synonym: pondaison

ponte m (plural pontes)

1. "punter (cards)"[3]
2. a person of influence, a mogul

ponte

1. inflection of ponter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ponte f, from Latin pōns, pontem m. Compare Portuguese ponte f and Spanish puente m.

• IPA^(key): /ˈponte/ [ˈpon̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -onte
• IPA^(key): (Eastern) /ˈpɔnte/ [ˈpɔn̪.t̪ɪ]

  • Audio:

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  • Rhymes: -ɔnte
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge
2. (nautical) 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

• pontón

• “ponte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ponte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ponte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ponte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ponte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/

ponte (plural pontes)

1. bridge

From Latin pontem, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Compare French pont, Romanian punte, Romansch punt, Spanish puente.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/

• Audio (female voice "un ponte"):

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• Rhymes: -onte
• Hyphenation: pón‧te

ponte m (plural ponti)

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

ponte (invariable)

1. (relational) 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.

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

• pontile
• piano di volo

• pontefice
• pontone

• pento

See pontus

ponte

1. vocative singular of pontus

See pons

ponte

1. ablative singular of pōns

Inherited from Latin pontem m.

• IPA^(key): /ponte/

ponte f

1. spring (water source)
2. fountain

• Ponte

• Galician: ponte f
• Portuguese: ponte f

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ponte f, from Latin pontem m, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Compare Galician ponte f and Spanish puente m.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -õtɨ, (Brazil) -õt͡ʃi, (Southern Brazil) -õte
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)
2. (medicine) bypass (a passage created around a damaged organ)

   Synonym: bypass

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

ponte

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