ponto
See also: Ponto and pónto
English
Etymology
From Portuguese ponto (“point”), Old Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of punto and puncto.
Noun
ponto (plural pontos)
- (historical, measure) A traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to 0.2 mm.
Synonyms
- Portuguese point, point (in Portuguese contexts)
Coordinate terms
- point (traditional English equivalent), linha (12 pontos), grao (24 pontos), dedo (96 pontos), polegada (144 pontos)
Esperanto
Etymology
Common Romance, ultimately from Latin pōns. Compare French pont, Italian ponte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈponto]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -onto
- Hyphenation: pon‧to
Noun
ponto (accusative singular ponton, plural pontoj, accusative plural pontojn)
- bridge
- La ponto estis konstruita super la rivero.
- The bridge was built over the river.
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto ponto, from French pont, Italian ponte, Spanish puente, ultimately from Latin pontem, accusative singular of pōns, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s, from *pent-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpon.to/, /ˈpɔn.tɔ/
Noun
ponto (plural ponti)
- bridge; culvert; gangplank, gangway
Derived terms
- ponteto (“footbridge, culvert, gangway”)
- kordoponteto (“bridge (of a violin)”)
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin pōns, pontem.
Noun
ponto m
- bridge
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pontus, from Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔn.to/
- Rhymes: -ɔnto
- Hyphenation: pòn‧to
Noun
ponto m (plural ponti)
- (literary) sea
- Synonyms: mare, (literary) pelago
Further reading
- ponto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpon.toː/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpon.to/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪o]
Etymology 1
From pōns (“bridge”).
Noun
pontō m (genitive pontōnis); third declension
- ferryboat
- a floating bridge or pontoon
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pontō | pontōnēs |
| Genitive | pontōnis | pontōnium |
| Dative | pontōnī | pontōnibus |
| Accusative | pontōnem | pontōnēs pontōnīs |
| Ablative | pontōne | pontōnibus |
| Vocative | pontō | pontōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: pontó
- English: pontoon
- Esperanto: pontono
- French: ponton
- Galician: pontón
- German: Ponton
- Irish: pontún
- Italian: pontone
- Portuguese: pontão
- Spanish: pontón
Noun
pontō
- dative/ablative singular of pontus
References
- “ponto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ponto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ponto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “ponto”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Oroqen
Noun
ponto
- deer
References
- Li, Fengxiang and Lindsay J. Whaley, Oroqen vocabulary, in Martin Haspelmath & Uri Tadmor (editors), World Loanword Database, Munich: Max Planck Digital Library (2009)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- poncto (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum (“point”), from pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to punch”). Cognate with Spanish punto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpõ.tu/
- Homophone: Ponto
- Hyphenation: pon‧to
Noun
ponto m (plural pontos)
- point, a specific spot, location, or place
- Synonyms: local, localidade, lugar
- (sports) point, a unit of scoring
- 1888, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica, Porto: Livraria Internacional de Ernesto Chardron, →ISBN:
- E em triumpho, aos pulos, contou elle mesmo os sessenta e oito pontos que Carlos perdia.
- And in triumph, jumping, he counted himself the sixty-eight points Carl had lost.
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- point, a topic of discussion
- 1888, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica, Porto: Livraria Internacional de Ernesto Chardron, →ISBN:
- —Vamos ao ponto essencial… Quanto quer o snr. Palma por me dizer quem lhe encommendou o artigo da Corneta?
- Let’s get to the point… how much does Mr. Palma want for telling me who ordered the Corneta article?
- Synonyms: questão, tópico
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- point, a particular moment
- (economics) point, a unit used to express stocks, shares, interest rates, etc.
- (geometry) point, a zero-dimensional object or location
- point, any dot or small spot
- 1888, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica, Porto: Livraria Internacional de Ernesto Chardron, →ISBN:
- Alencar deu um olhar á severa frontaria de convento, adormecida, sem um ponto de luz.
- Alencar looked at the sombre façade of the convent, asleep, without a dot of light.
- Synonyms: mancha, pinta, sinal
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- (typography) point, a dot or tittle of a character
- Synonym: pingo
- (grammar) point, a full stop or period
- Synonym: ponto final
- (sewing) stitch, a single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture
- timecard, a register of when employees arrive and leave
- time clock, a machine used to log when employees arrive and leave
- point, a specific value in a scale
- ponto crítico
- critical point
- (cooking) medium rare, done an amount of cooking between rare and well done
- (Brazil) bus stop, taxi stand, a location where passengers wait for a bus or taxi
- Synonym: (Portugal) paragem
- ponto de ônibus
- bus stop
- ponto de táxi
- taxi stand
- (historical, measure) Portuguese point, a small unit of length, about equal to 0.2 mm
- point, a unit of measurement for a TV audience
- (theater) an assistant who helps actors with forgotten lines
Coordinate terms
- (zero-dimensional object): espaço, plano
- (full stop): ponto de exclamação, ponto de interrogação, ponto-e-vírgula, reticências, vírgula
- (neither well done nor rare): bem-passado, mal-passado
- (unit of length): linha (12 pontos), grão (24 pontos), dedo (96 pontos), polegada (144 pontos)
Derived terms
- a ponto de
- a ponto que
- assinar o ponto
- até certo ponto
- bater o ponto
- chegar ao ponto de
- dormir no ponto
- em ponto
- entregar os pontos
- fazer ponto
- no ponto
- pontinho (diminutive)
- ponto aberto
- ponto alto
- ponto cardeal
- ponto cego
- ponto cheio
- ponto crítico
- ponto-cruz
- ponto de baínha
- ponto de bolha
- ponto de equilíbrio
- ponto de exclamação
- ponto de fuga
- ponto de interrogração
- ponto de não-retorno
- ponto de orvalho
- ponto de tricô
- ponto de vista
- ponto estacionário
- ponto-e-vírgula
- ponto final
- ponto forte
- ponto fraco
- ponto impróprio
- ponto morto
- ponto neutro
Related terms
- apontar
- ponta
- ponteira
- ponteiro
- pontuação
- pontuado
- pontuador
- pontual
- pontualidade
- pontuar
- pontuável
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin pontus (“sea”), q.v.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈponto/ [ˈpõn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -onto
- Syllabification: pon‧to
Noun
ponto m (plural pontos)
- (poetic) sea; the sea
Further reading
- “ponto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014