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6-letter words (1 found)

PONTON,

4-letter words (9 found)

NOON,NOOP,ONTO,OONT,PONT,POON,POOT,TOON,TOPO,

3-letter words (13 found)

NON,NOO,NOT,ONO,OON,OOP,OOT,OPT,POO,POT,TON,TOO,TOP,

2-letter words (6 found)

NO,ON,OO,OP,PO,TO,

You can make 29 words from ponton according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ponton

ponton

Etymology

French

Noun

ponton (plural pontons)

  1. Archaic form of pontoon..

References

  • “ponton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Esperanto

Noun

ponton

  1. accusative singular of ponto

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ponton, from Latin pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”). By surface analysis, pont +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ̃.tɔ̃/

Noun

ponton m (plural pontons)

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

Related terms

  • pont

Further reading

  • “ponton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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
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’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ponton.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ponton m inan (diminutive pontonik)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ponton.

Noun

ponton n (plural pontoane)

  1. pontoon

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ponton, from Latin pōns (“bridge”).

Noun

ponton c

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • pontonbro (“pontoon bridge”)

References

  • ponton in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • ponton in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • ponton in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • ponton in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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