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pontoon

/pɒnˈtuːn/pon-TOON
/pɑnˈtun/pahn-TOON

Meaninga bridge boat

Common meaning: a float holding up a bridge

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PAT‘go’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 193, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinpōns, pontis‘a bridge’
  3. Italianpontonesource
  4. Frenchponton
  5. Englishpontoon‘a float holding up a bridge’ · today

pont also in: pontiff

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pōns ‘a bridge’.

Roots

Related words

pontiff

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