ponte

• puente

Inherited from Old Leonese ponte, 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

Inherited from Latin pontem.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/^[1]

• Audio (un ponte):

  (file)

• Homophone: Ponte
• 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. 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.

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Inherited from Latin pōns

ponte f

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)

• Asturian: ponte f
• Leonese: ponte, puente f
• Mirandese: puonte f

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

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• 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 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

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

ponte

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