ponton

See also: Ponton and pontón

English

Etymology

French

Noun

ponton (plural pontons)

  1. Alternative form of pontoon.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ponton in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Esperanto

Noun

ponton

  1. accusative singular of ponto

French

Etymology

From Old French ponton, from Latin pontōnem, singular accusative of pontō (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”); equivalent to pont +‎ -on.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɔ̃.tɔ̃/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

ponton m (plural pontons)

  1. (military) pontoon
  2. (nautical) pontoon (floating structure supporting a bridge or dock)
  3. (nautical) pontoon (the boat)

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈponton]
  • Hyphenation: pon‧ton

Noun

ponton (plural pontonok)

  1. pontoon, a floating structure supporting a bridge or dock
  2. (military) pontoon, a flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ponton pontonok
accusative pontont pontonokat
dative pontonnak pontonoknak
instrumental pontonnal pontonokkal
causal-final pontonért pontonokért
translative pontonná pontonokká
terminative pontonig pontonokig
essive-formal pontonként pontonokként
essive-modal — —
inessive pontonban pontonokban
superessive pontonon pontonokon
adessive pontonnál pontonoknál
illative pontonba pontonokba
sublative pontonra pontonokra
allative pontonhoz pontonokhoz
elative pontonból pontonokból
delative pontonról pontonokról
ablative pontontól pontonoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 pontoné pontonoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 pontonéi pontonokéi
Possessive forms of ponton
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pontonom pontonjaim
2nd person sing. pontonod pontonjaid
3rd person sing. pontonja pontonjai
1st person plural pontonunk pontonjaink
2nd person plural pontonotok pontonjaitok
3rd person plural pontonjuk pontonjaik
Derived terms
  • pontonhíd

Etymology 2

pont +‎ -on

Noun

ponton

  1. superessive singular of pont

Further reading
  • ponton in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ponton.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔn.tɔn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔntɔn
  • Syllabification: pon‧ton

Noun

ponton m inan (diminutive pontonik)

  1. (nautical) raft, dinghy (small inflatable boat)
  2. pontoon (floating structure)

Declension
Declension of ponton
singular plural
nominative ponton pontony
genitive pontonu pontonów
dative pontonowi pontonom
accusative ponton pontony
instrumental pontonem pontonami
locative pontonie pontonach
vocative pontonie pontony

Derived terms
adjective
noun
  • pontoniak
adjective
  • pontonierski
noun

Further reading
  • ponton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ponton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French ponton.

Noun

ponton n (plural pontoane)

  1. pontoon

Declension
Declension of ponton
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ponton pontonul (niște) pontoane pontoanele
genitive/dative (unui) ponton pontonului (unor) pontoane pontoanelor
vocative pontonule pontoanelor

Swedish

Noun

ponton c

  1. a pontoon (buoyant support)
  2. a pontoon (box to raise sunken vessel)
  3. a pontoon (float of seaplane)

Declension
Declension of ponton 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ponton pontonen pontoner pontonerna
Genitive pontons pontonens pontoners pontonernas

Derived terms

References
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