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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?ns (“bridge”). Doublet of Pontus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nz/
• Rhymes: -?nz

Noun

pons (plural pontes)

1. (anatomy) A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ.
2. (neuroanatomy) A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term p?ns Varoli?, within the brain stem.

Holonyms

• brain stem, brainstem

Related terms

• pontine

Translations

Anagrams

• NPOs, Nops, OPNs, nops

Catalan

Verb

pons

1. second-person singular present indicative form of pondre

Cornish

Noun

pons m (plural ponsow)

1. bridge

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ns/
• Hyphenation: pons
• Rhymes: -?ns

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Punze.

Noun

pons m (plural ponsen, diminutive ponsje n)

1. punch (tool for punching or drilling holes)

Derived terms

• ponsen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English punch.

Noun

pons m (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of punch.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pónteh?s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Cognate with Sanskrit ????? (páthin), Ancient Greek ?????? (póntos), Old Armenian ???? (hun, “riverbed”), Old English findan (English find), and Old Church Slavonic ???? (p?t?, “road”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pons/, [põ?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pons/, [p?ns]

Noun

p?ns m (genitive pontis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

• p?ns Varoli? (“bridge of C?nstantius Varolius / Costanzo Varolio”) (brain stem)
• p?ns asin?rum
• ponticulus
• pontifex
• pont?

Descendants

See also

• pontus

References

• pons in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pons in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pons in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pons in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• pons in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pons in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, pages 479-480

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?dz

Noun

pods

1. plural of pod

Verb

pods

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pod

Anagrams

• DPOs, PDOs, SPOD, dops, spod

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *p?ds. Cognates include Avestan ????????????????? (pa?a), ????????????????? (p??a), Persian ??? (pâ), Sanskrit ??? (pád), Hittite ???????? (pa-ta), Latin p?s, Tocharian B paiyye, Latvian p?da, Lithuanian p?da, Ancient Greek ???? (poús), Doric ??? (pôs), Old Armenian ??? (otn), and Old English f?t (English foot), Gothic ???????????????????? (f?tus).

Pronunciation

Noun

pods

1. floor, bottom, lower part
2. sole (the bottom of a shoe or boot).

Declension

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Latvian

Noun

pods m (1st declension)

1. pot (vessel used for growing plants)

Declension

Derived terms

• podnieks