Latin

Noun

Ponte

1. vocative singular of Pontus

Asturian

Alternative forms

• puente

Noun

ponte f ‎(plural pontes)

1. bridge

Basque

Noun

ponte

1. font

Galician

ponte (bridge)

Etymology

From Latin pōns.

Pronunciation

Noun

ponte f ‎(plural pontes)

1. bridge
2. (nautical) bridge; the deck from which a ship is controlled
3. the crossbeam of a yoke

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/

Noun

ponte ‎(plural pontes)

1. bridge

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pons, pontem. Compare Catalan pont, French pont, Occitan pònt, Portuguese ponte, Romanian punte, Romansch punt, Spanish puente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/, /ˈpɔn.te/
• Hyphenation: pón‧te

Noun

ponte m ‎(plural ponti)

1. bridge (structure)

Anagrams

• pento

Latin

Etymology 1

See pontus

Noun

ponte

1. vocative singular of pontus

Etymology 2

See pons

Noun

ponte

1. ablative singular of pons

Portuguese

ponte

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ponte, from Latin pons, pontis, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s ‎(“path, road”), from *pent- ‎(“path”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.tɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.tʃi/
• Hyphenation: pon‧te

Noun

ponte f (plural pontes)

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)
2. (medicine) bypass (a passage created around a damaged organ)
3. (figuratively) bridge (anything that connects separate things)

Synonyms

• (bypass): bypass

Spanish

Verb

ponte

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of poner, pon and the pronoun te.