pons

Signification (Anglais)

1. (declension-3) A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
2. (declension-3) deck

Concepts

pont

arête

🦴

Traductions

bridge

Brücke

ponte

ponte

puente

γέφυρα

köprü

brug

pont

pir

جسر

pònt

bóveda

pont

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈpõːs]

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Proto-Italic *ponts, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”).
Cognate with Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), Old English findan (English find), and Old Church Slavonic пѫть (pǫtĭ, “road”). Doublet of Pontus.