pont
Catalan
noun
Definitions
- A bridge construction.
- Any of various objects or structures resembling a bridge, such as the bridge of violin, a dental prosthesis, a piece of tissue connecting two parts of an organ, etc.
- A day which falls between a weekend and holiday, which employees will often take off in order to have a long weekend.
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pontem inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (path, road).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pónteh₁s
Gloss
path, road
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
道, 路
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pons Latin
- pons, pōntem, pōns Latin
- pontem Latin
- pōns Latin
- ponte Italian
- entrepont French
- pont French
- ponter French
- pontet French
- pontier French
- ponton French
- lanzapuentes Spanish, Castilian
- macropuente Spanish, Castilian
- puente Spanish, Castilian
- puentismo Spanish, Castilian
- πόντος Ancient Greek
- *pent- Proto-Indo-European
- *pónteh₁s Proto-Indo-European
- pont Old French
- ponto Esperanto
- punte Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- հուն Old Armenian
- boong Vietnamese
- ponte Old Portuguese
- punti Aromanian
- punt Romansh
- pùnt Romansh
- puint Friulian
- puente Old Spanish
- *pont- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- puant Dalmatian
- pon Haitian, Haitian Creole
- bont Mozarabic
- pwente Chamicuro