"pontoon" meaning in English

See pontoon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɒnˈtuːn/ Audio: en-us-pontoon.ogg [US] Forms: pontoons [plural]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ponton, from Old French ponton, from Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pent-}}, {{bor|en|frm|ponton}} Middle French ponton, {{der|en|fro|ponton}} Old French ponton, {{der|en|la|ponto|pontō, pontōnem|t=ferryboat}} Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”), {{m|la|pōns|t=bridge}} pōns (“bridge”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pontoon (plural pontoons)
  1. A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage. Translations (buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage): argsh (Albanian), панто́н (pantón) [masculine] (Belarusian), понто́н (pontón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 浮筒 (fútǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), ponton [masculine] (Czech), ponttoni (Finnish), ponton [masculine] (French), flotteur [masculine] (French), Ponton [masculine] (German), ponton (Hungarian), pontún [masculine] (Irish), ポンツーン (pontsūn) (Japanese), понтон (ponton) [masculine] (Macedonian), pongtong [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), flytebrygge (english: landing stage) [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pongtong [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), flytebrygge (english: landing stage) [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), flytebryggje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ponton [masculine] (Polish), pontão [masculine] (Portuguese), ponton [neuter] (Romanian), понто́н (pontón) [masculine] (Russian), pontón [masculine] (Slovak), pontón [masculine] (Spanish), ponton [common-gender] (Swedish), понто́н (pontón) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pontoon-en-noun-I6FjLYlP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 16 3 16 4 33 Disambiguation of 'buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage': 76 12 2 7 3
  2. (by extension) A bridge with floating supports. Tags: broadly Synonyms: pontoon bridge
    Sense id: en-pontoon-en-noun-bR5D2b55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 16 3 16 4 33
  3. A box used to raise a sunken vessel. Translations (box used to raise a sunken vessel): понто́н (pontón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ponttoni (Finnish), pontún [masculine] (Irish), ponton (Romanian), понто́н (pontón) [masculine] (Russian), ponton [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pontoon-en-noun-hF2wlqp4 Disambiguation of 'box used to raise a sunken vessel': 5 1 88 0 6
  4. A float of a seaplane. Translations (float of a seaplane): ilmatyyny (Finnish), pontún [masculine] (Irish), kōrewa (Maori), pongtong [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pongtong [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pływak [masculine] (Polish), поплаво́к (poplavók) [masculine] (Russian), ponton [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pontoon-en-noun-pYXxKrLK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 16 3 16 4 33 Disambiguation of 'float of a seaplane': 6 5 0 88 1
  5. A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships.
    Sense id: en-pontoon-en-noun-NeM4s4lt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pontoon party, tritoon
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɒnˈtuːn/ Audio: en-us-pontoon.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: Probably from vingt-un, an obsolete variant of vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”), from French. Etymology templates: {{m|en|vingt-un}} vingt-un, {{m|en|vingt-et-un|t=twenty-one}} vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”), {{der|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pontoon (uncountable)
  1. (card games) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Card games, Military Synonyms: vingt-et-un Related terms: baccarat, blackjack, twenty-one
    Sense id: en-pontoon-en-noun-5~GLBUt7 Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 16 3 16 4 33 Topics: card-games, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for pontoon meaning in English (11.9kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pontoon party"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tritoon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pent-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "ponton"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French ponton",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "ponton"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French ponton",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ponto",
        "4": "pontō, pontōnem",
        "t": "ferryboat"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pōns",
        "t": "bridge"
      },
      "expansion": "pōns (“bridge”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French ponton, from Old French ponton, from Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pontoons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pontoon (plural pontoons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 16 3 16 4 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage."
      ],
      "id": "en-pontoon-en-noun-I6FjLYlP",
      "links": [
        [
          "flat-bottomed",
          "flat-bottomed"
        ],
        [
          "boat",
          "boat"
        ],
        [
          "floating",
          "floating"
        ],
        [
          "structure",
          "structure"
        ],
        [
          "buoyant",
          "buoyant"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "temporary",
          "temporary"
        ],
        [
          "bridge",
          "bridge"
        ],
        [
          "dock",
          "dock"
        ],
        [
          "landing stage",
          "landing stage"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "word": "argsh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pantón",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "панто́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pontón",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "понто́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fútǒng",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "word": "浮筒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ponton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "word": "ponttoni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ponton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "flotteur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Ponton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "word": "ponton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pontún"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "pontsūn",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "word": "ポンツーン"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ponton",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "понтон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pongtong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "english": "landing stage",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "flytebrygge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pongtong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "english": "landing stage",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "flytebrygge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "flytebryggje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ponton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pontão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ponton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pontón",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "понто́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pontón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pontón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ponton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 2 7 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pontón",
          "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "понто́н"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 16 3 16 4 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bridge with floating supports."
      ],
      "id": "en-pontoon-en-noun-bR5D2b55",
      "links": [
        [
          "bridge",
          "bridge"
        ],
        [
          "floating",
          "floating"
        ],
        [
          "supports",
          "supports"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) A bridge with floating supports."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pontoon bridge"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A box used to raise a sunken vessel."
      ],
      "id": "en-pontoon-en-noun-hF2wlqp4",
      "links": [
        [
          "box",
          "box"
        ],
        [
          "sunken",
          "sunken"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 88 0 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pontón",
          "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "понто́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 88 0 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
          "word": "ponttoni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 88 0 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pontún"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 88 0 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
          "word": "ponton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 88 0 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pontón",
          "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "понто́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 88 0 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ponton"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 16 3 16 4 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A float of a seaplane."
      ],
      "id": "en-pontoon-en-noun-pYXxKrLK",
      "links": [
        [
          "float",
          "float"
        ],
        [
          "seaplane",
          "seaplane"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 0 88 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "float of a seaplane",
          "word": "ilmatyyny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 0 88 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "float of a seaplane",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pontún"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 0 88 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "float of a seaplane",
          "word": "kōrewa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 0 88 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "float of a seaplane",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pongtong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 0 88 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "float of a seaplane",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pongtong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 0 88 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "float of a seaplane",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pływak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 0 88 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poplavók",
          "sense": "float of a seaplane",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "поплаво́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 0 88 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "float of a seaplane",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ponton"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships."
      ],
      "id": "en-pontoon-en-noun-NeM4s4lt",
      "links": [
        [
          "lighter",
          "lighter"
        ],
        [
          "barge",
          "barge"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɒnˈtuːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pontoon.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/En-us-pontoon.ogg/En-us-pontoon.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/En-us-pontoon.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pontoon"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "vingt-un"
      },
      "expansion": "vingt-un",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "vingt-et-un",
        "t": "twenty-one"
      },
      "expansion": "vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "French",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from vingt-un, an obsolete variant of vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”), from French.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "pontoon (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Card games",
          "orig": "en:Card games",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 16 3 16 4 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 0 9 91",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it."
      ],
      "id": "en-pontoon-en-noun-5~GLBUt7",
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "baccarat"
        },
        {
          "word": "blackjack"
        },
        {
          "word": "twenty-one"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vingt-et-un"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɒnˈtuːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pontoon.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/En-us-pontoon.ogg/En-us-pontoon.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/En-us-pontoon.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pontoon"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pent-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/uːn",
    "Rhymes:English/uːn/2 syllables",
    "en:Military"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pontoon party"
    },
    {
      "word": "tritoon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pent-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "ponton"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French ponton",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "ponton"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French ponton",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ponto",
        "4": "pontō, pontōnem",
        "t": "ferryboat"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pōns",
        "t": "bridge"
      },
      "expansion": "pōns (“bridge”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French ponton, from Old French ponton, from Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pontoons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pontoon (plural pontoons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flat-bottomed",
          "flat-bottomed"
        ],
        [
          "boat",
          "boat"
        ],
        [
          "floating",
          "floating"
        ],
        [
          "structure",
          "structure"
        ],
        [
          "buoyant",
          "buoyant"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "temporary",
          "temporary"
        ],
        [
          "bridge",
          "bridge"
        ],
        [
          "dock",
          "dock"
        ],
        [
          "landing stage",
          "landing stage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A bridge with floating supports."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bridge",
          "bridge"
        ],
        [
          "floating",
          "floating"
        ],
        [
          "supports",
          "supports"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) A bridge with floating supports."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pontoon bridge"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A box used to raise a sunken vessel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "box",
          "box"
        ],
        [
          "sunken",
          "sunken"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A float of a seaplane."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "float",
          "float"
        ],
        [
          "seaplane",
          "seaplane"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lighter",
          "lighter"
        ],
        [
          "barge",
          "barge"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɒnˈtuːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pontoon.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/En-us-pontoon.ogg/En-us-pontoon.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/En-us-pontoon.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "word": "argsh"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pantón",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "панто́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pontón",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "понто́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fútǒng",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "word": "浮筒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ponton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "word": "ponttoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ponton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flotteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ponton"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "word": "ponton"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pontún"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pontsūn",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "word": "ポンツーン"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ponton",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "понтон"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pongtong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "english": "landing stage",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flytebrygge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pongtong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "english": "landing stage",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flytebrygge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flytebryggje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ponton"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pontão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ponton"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pontón",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "понто́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pontón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pontón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ponton"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pontón",
      "sense": "buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "понто́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pontón",
      "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "понто́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
      "word": "ponttoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pontún"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
      "word": "ponton"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pontón",
      "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "понто́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "box used to raise a sunken vessel",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ponton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "float of a seaplane",
      "word": "ilmatyyny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "float of a seaplane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pontún"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "float of a seaplane",
      "word": "kōrewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "float of a seaplane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pongtong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "float of a seaplane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pongtong"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "float of a seaplane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pływak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poplavók",
      "sense": "float of a seaplane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поплаво́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "float of a seaplane",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ponton"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pontoon"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/uːn",
    "Rhymes:English/uːn/2 syllables",
    "en:Military"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "vingt-un"
      },
      "expansion": "vingt-un",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "vingt-et-un",
        "t": "twenty-one"
      },
      "expansion": "vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "French",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from vingt-un, an obsolete variant of vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”), from French.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "pontoon (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "baccarat"
    },
    {
      "word": "blackjack"
    },
    {
      "word": "twenty-one"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vingt-et-un"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɒnˈtuːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pontoon.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/En-us-pontoon.ogg/En-us-pontoon.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/En-us-pontoon.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pontoon"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.