ponte
Portuguese
/ˈpõ.tɨ/, /ˈpõ.tʃi/
noun
Definitions
- bridge construction or natural feature that spans a divide
- (medicine) bypass a passage created around a damaged organ
- (figuratively) bridge anything that connects separate things
- long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese ponte 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, pontem, pōns 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
- pont Catalan, Valencian
- ponte Galician
- 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