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English

Alternative forms

• baccarat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk.???æ/

Noun

baccara (uncountable)

1. A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.

French

Alternative forms

• baccarat

Etymology

Likely named after the French town Baccarat (noted for glassmaking) in Grand Est, of ultimately unclear and debated origin [1291?]. If by some Vulgar Latin *Bacchara, the town is possibly named from Latin Bacchi ara ("altar of Bacchus"; the original pagan reference of the name was forgotten), name of an ancient Roman castellum, of which there remains a relic called the "Tower of Bacha" on the heights of Deneuvre, from whence Baccarat is an ancient suburb. Other hypotheses have also been suggested, including descent from Celtic.

Probably linked to Provençal baccara, although if the town etymology is correct, this may present some geographic difficulty.

Pronunciation

Noun

baccara m (uncountable)

1. baccarat (card game)

Descendants

• ? Spanish: bacará

Further reading

• “baccara” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin baccaris, from Ancient Greek ???????? (bákkaris, “clary”), a word borrowed from Lydian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bak.ka.ra/
• Rhymes: -akkara

Noun

baccara f (plural baccare)

1. wild ginger

   Synonym: asaro

English

Etymology 1

From Old English [Term?], from Latin pont? (“Gaulish flat-bottomed boat, pontoon”), from pons (“bridge”); readopted from Middle Low German punte (“ferry boat”) or Middle Dutch ponte (“ferry boat”) of the same origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

punt (plural punts)

1. (nautical) A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.

Translations

Verb

punt (third-person singular simple present punts, present participle punting, simple past and past participle punted)

1. (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.

Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly a dialectal variant of bunt. Rugby is the origin of the sports usage of the term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

punt (third-person singular simple present punts, present participle punting, simple past and past participle punted)

1. To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
   • 1975, Barry Targan, Harry Belten and the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, page 133:

     At the dump he emptied the station wagon quickly and only once punted a bag of refuse, exploding it like a pinata at a Mexican Christmas.

   • 2019, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, We Cast a Shadow (One World, ?ISBN), page 100:

     He even hated pets—I once saw him punt a cat.

   1. (rugby, American football, Australian Rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
   2. (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
2. (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
   • 2014, John Prados, The Family Jewels: The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power, University of Texas Press (?ISBN), page 91:

     The briefer reported it had been terminated on orders from Secretary Schlesinger, but attributed this to a sense Shamrock produced little, not to the fact it had been discovered. The NSA briefer punted on whether Fort Meade had been reading Americans' private messages, ...

3. To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
4. (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
5. (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
   • 2001, Roger A. Grimes, Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows (page 236)

     The user is punted from the channel, and must rejoin to gain access.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

punt (plural punts)

1. (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.

See also

• drop kick

Translations

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French pointe or Spanish punto (“point”). Doublet of point.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

punt (plural punts)

1. A point in the game of faro.
2. The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
3. A bet or wager.
4. (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs. E.g anyone up for a punt on Randwick?(Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
6. A wild guess.
7. An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
8. (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.

Translations

Verb

punt (third-person singular simple present punts, present participle punting, simple past and past participle punted)

1. To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
2. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Britain) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally

   • She heard […] of his punting at gaming tables.
3. (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.

Translations

Related terms

• punter

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Irish punt, from Middle English pund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

punt (plural punts)

1. The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.

Further reading

• Punt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Punt in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin punctum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?punt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?pun/

Noun

punt m (plural punts)

1. point (specific location)
2. (grammar) dot, point (punctuation mark)
3. (mathematics) point (used for separating the fractional part from the whole part)
4. dot (used in Morse code)

Derived terms

Related terms

• puntuar
• punyir
• punxar

Further reading

• “punt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nt/
• Hyphenation: punt
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin punctum.

Noun

punt n (plural punten, diminutive puntje n)

1. point
   1. A position, place, or spot
   2. A moment in time
   3. A central idea, argument, or opinion of a discussion or presentation
   4. A tally of worth or score (such as in a game)
   5. A mark, note, or grade (as in for a class)
   6. (geometry) geometric point

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From French point, from Latin punctus.

Noun

punt m (plural punten, diminutive puntje n)

1. The terminal point of something

2. dot

3. full stop, period

4. A pointy slice of a cake, pie or pizza.

   Synonym: taartpunt

Derived terms

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish punt, from Middle English pund (“pound”), from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-Germanic *pund? (“pound, weight”), from pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *pend-, *spend- (“to pull, stretch”).

Alternative forms

• punnt (obsolete)
• púnt (Munster)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /p?u?n??t??/ (also spelled púnt)
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /p??n??t??/

Noun

punt m (genitive singular puint, nominative plural puint or punta)

1. pound (unit of weight, unit of currency)

Declension

• Alternative plural: punta (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English pound.

Noun

punt m (genitive singular puint, nominative plural puint)

1. (of enclosure) pound

Declension

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

punt m (genitive singular puint, nominative plural puint)

1. butt(-end)
2. tip (of finger)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Noun

punt

1. Alternative form of puinn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??n?t??/

Mutation

Further reading

• "punt" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “punt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “punt” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “punt” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “punt” in the National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge.

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish punt, from Middle English pund (“pound”).

Noun

punt m (genitive singular punt, plural puint)

1. (numismatics, unit of measure) pound

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “punt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old French

Noun

punt m (oblique plural punz or puntz, nominative singular punz or puntz, nominative plural punt)

1. Alternative form of pont

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) pùnt

Etymology

From Latin p?ns, p?ntem (compare Catalan pont, French pont, Italian ponte, Occitan pònt, Portuguese ponte, Spanish puente), from Proto-Indo-European *pont- (“path, road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [punt]

Noun

punt m (plural punts)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) bridge

Slovene

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /púnt/

Noun

p?nt m inan

1. revolt

Inflection

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English pund.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /p??nt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /p?nt/

Noun

punt f (plural punnoedd or punnau)

1. (numismatics) pound (sterling)
2. pound (weight)

   Synonym: pwys

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “punt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies