"pont" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pɔ̃/, /põ/ [Canada] Audio: Fr-pont.ogg Forms: ponts [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French pont, from Latin pontem. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|ine-pro}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|pont|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French pont, {{inh+|fr|fro|pont}} Inherited from Old French pont, {{inh|fr|la|pōns|pontem}} Latin pontem Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} pont m (plural ponts)
  1. bridge Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pont-fr-noun-F~KbBzFD
  2. (nautical) deck Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-pont-fr-noun-2DAyWQbD Topics: nautical, transport
  3. (dentistry, North America) bridge Tags: North-America, masculine Categories (topical): Dentistry, Bridges Synonyms: bridge
    Sense id: en-pont-fr-noun-F~KbBzFD1 Disambiguation of Bridges: 36 5 59 Categories (other): North American French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 16 79 Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pontife, ponton

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "couper les ponts"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "coûter un pont"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Dupont"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "faire le pont"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "grand pont"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "petit pont"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ponceau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pont aérien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pont disulfure"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pont d’or"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pont suspendu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pont tournant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pont-levis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pontage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ponter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tête de pont"
    }
  ],
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        {
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            "1": "ht",
            "2": "pon"
          },
          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: pon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: pon"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "boong",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: boong",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: boong"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    },
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        "3": "pont"
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    },
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "pōns",
        "4": "pontem"
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    "pont"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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      "word": "pontife"
    },
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    }
  ],
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        {
          "english": "On the bridge of Avignon / We all dance there, we all dance there / On the bridge of Avignon / We all dance there in a ring",
          "text": "Sur le pont d’Avignon / L’on y danse, l’on y danse / Sur le pont d’Avignon / L’on y danse tous en rond",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bridge"
      ],
      "id": "en-pont-fr-noun-F~KbBzFD",
      "links": [
        [
          "bridge",
          "bridge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "orig": "fr:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "deck"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "deck",
          "deck#English:_nautical"
        ]
      ],
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        "(nautical) deck"
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "North American French",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Dentistry",
          "orig": "fr:Dentistry",
          "parents": [
            "Medicine",
            "Teeth",
            "Biology",
            "Healthcare",
            "Mouth",
            "Sciences",
            "Health",
            "Face",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Head and neck",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body parts",
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "5 16 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Bridges",
          "orig": "fr:Bridges",
          "parents": [
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Architecture",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bridge"
      ],
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          "dentistry",
          "dentistry"
        ],
        [
          "bridge",
          "bridge"
        ]
      ],
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        "(dentistry, North America) bridge"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bridge"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "North-America",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dentistry",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/põ/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-pont.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/Fr-pont.ogg/Fr-pont.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Fr-pont.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ponts"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pont"
}
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    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 12 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Bridges"
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    {
      "word": "couper les ponts"
    },
    {
      "word": "coûter un pont"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dupont"
    },
    {
      "word": "faire le pont"
    },
    {
      "word": "grand pont"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit pont"
    },
    {
      "word": "ponceau"
    },
    {
      "word": "pont aérien"
    },
    {
      "word": "pont disulfure"
    },
    {
      "word": "pont d’or"
    },
    {
      "word": "pont suspendu"
    },
    {
      "word": "pont tournant"
    },
    {
      "word": "pont-levis"
    },
    {
      "word": "pontage"
    },
    {
      "word": "ponter"
    },
    {
      "word": "tête de pont"
    }
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: pon"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "boong",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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        "4": "pontem"
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    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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  "hyphenation": [
    "pont"
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "pontife"
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      "word": "ponton"
    }
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "On the bridge of Avignon / We all dance there, we all dance there / On the bridge of Avignon / We all dance there in a ring",
          "text": "Sur le pont d’Avignon / L’on y danse, l’on y danse / Sur le pont d’Avignon / L’on y danse tous en rond",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "deck"
      ],
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        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "deck",
          "deck#English:_nautical"
        ]
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        "(nautical) deck"
      ],
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      ],
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        "transport"
      ]
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        "fr:Dentistry"
      ],
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        [
          "dentistry",
          "dentistry"
        ],
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          "bridge",
          "bridge"
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        }
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        "masculine"
      ],
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        "dentistry",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɔ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/põ/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-pont.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/Fr-pont.ogg/Fr-pont.ogg.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "ponts"
    }
  ],
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}

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