pontoon

Significado (Inglés)

1. A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.
2. (broadly) A bridge with floating supports.
3. A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
4. A float of a seaplane.
5. A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships.

Conceptos

pontón

Sinónimos

float

raft

flat-bottomed boat

bob

bobber

buoy

caisson

coffer

coffer-dam

diving-bell

ferry

⛴️

punt

twenty-one

vingt-et-un

black jack

Van John

vingt-un

flat boat

barge

crane barge

blackjack

black-jack

Traducciones

ponton

Ponton

pontone

pontão

ponton

ventuno

21

barca

⛵

ponto

bac

⛴️

duba

flotteur

veerpont

ferryboat

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɒnˈtuːn/

Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from Middle French ponton, from Old French ponton, from Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”).