ponte

• puente

From Latin pōns, pontem.

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

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge

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• IPA^(key): /ponte/ [põn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -onte, -e
• 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. laying season

   Synonym: pondaison

Deverbal from ponter.

ponte m or f (plural pontes)

1. punter (one who gambles)
2. (by extension, colloquial) mogul, bigwig (person of influence)

   Synonyms: huile, gros bonnet

   • 2024 July 8, Jonathan Sollier, “Catherine Rimbert réussit son pari”, in La Provence, page 8:

     Avant le premier tour, alors que les pontes du parti clamaient leur objectif de 5/5 dans le département, elle était même devenue l'enjeu principal de ces élections.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

• 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

• 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, Dutch pont, Catalan pont, Romanian punte, Romansch punt, Portuguese ponte, 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^[1]:

     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 m

1. vocative singular of pontus (“sea”)

See pons

ponte m

1. ablative singular of pōns (“bridge”)

• põte

Inherited from Latin pontem m.

• IPA^(key): /ˈponte/
• Rhymes: -onte
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

ponte f (plural pontes)

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

• Fala: ponti m
• Galician: ponte f
• Portuguese: ponte f

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

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. (Portugal) long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred

   Synonym: (Brazil) feriadão

• Macanese: pónti

• “ponte” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

ponte

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