ponto

See also: ponto-, Ponto, and pónto

English

Etymology

From Portuguese ponto (“point”), Old Galician-Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of punto and puncto.

Noun

ponto (plural pontos)

1. (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)

Anagrams

• ontop, on top

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, ultimately from Latin pōns. Compare French pont, Italian ponte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈponto]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -onto
• Hyphenation: pon‧to

Noun

ponto (accusative singular ponton, plural pontoj, accusative plural pontojn)

1. 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)

1. bridge; culvert; gangplank, gangway

Derived terms

• ponteto (“footbridge, culvert, gangway”)
  • kordoponteto (“bridge (of a violin)”)

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin pōns, pontem.

Noun

ponto m

1. 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)

1. (literary) sea

   Synonyms: mare, (literary) pelago

Further reading

• ponto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpon.toː/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpon.to/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪o]

Etymology 1

From pōns (“bridge”).

Noun

pontō m (genitive pontōnis); third declension

1. ferryboat
2. a floating bridge or pontoon

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	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

Etymology 2

Noun

pontō

1. 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

1. 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 Galician-Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum (“point”), from pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to punch”). Cognate with Spanish punto. Doublet of point.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.tu/

• Homophone: Ponto
• Hyphenation: pon‧to

Noun

ponto m (plural pontos)

1. point, a specific spot, location, or place

   Synonyms: local, localidade, lugar

2. (sports) point, a unit of scoring
   • 1888, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica‎^[1], 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.

3. point, a topic of discussion

   Synonyms: questão, tópico

   • 1888, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica‎^[2], 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?

4. point, a particular moment
5. (economics) point, a unit used to express stocks, shares, interest rates, etc.
6. (geometry) point, a zero-dimensional object or location
7. point, any dot or small spot

   Synonyms: mancha, pinta, sinal

   • 1888, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica‎^[3], 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.

8. (typography) point, a dot or tittle of a character

   Synonym: pingo

9. (grammar) point, a full stop or period

   Synonym: ponto final

10. (sewing) stitch, a single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture
11. timecard, a register of when employees arrive and leave
12. time clock, a machine used to log when employees arrive and leave
13. point, a specific value in a scale

    ponto crítico

    critical point

14. (cooking) medium rare, done an amount of cooking between rare and well done
15. (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

16. (historical, measure) Portuguese point, a small unit of length, about equal to 0.2 mm
17. point, a unit of measurement for a TV audience
18. (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
• ponto aberto
• ponto alto
• ponto cardeal
• ponto cego
• ponto cheio
• ponto crítico
• 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 final
• ponto forte
• ponto fraco
• ponto impróprio
• ponto morto
• ponto neutro
• ponto-cruz
• ponto-e-vírgula

 

Related terms

• apontar
• point
• 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)

1. (poetic) sea; the sea

Further reading

• “ponto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28