different between ponton vs monton

English

Etymology

French

Noun

ponton (plural pontons)

1. Alternative form of pontoon.

Esperanto

Noun

ponton

1. accusative singular of ponto

French

Etymology

From Old French ponton, from Latin pont?nem, singular accusative of pont? (“ferryboat”), from p?ns (“bridge”); equivalent to pont +? -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.t??/

Noun

ponton m (plural pontons)

1. (military) pontoon
2. (nautical) pontoon (floating structure supporting a bridge or dock)
3. (nautical) pontoon (the boat)

Related terms

• pont

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ponton]
• Hyphenation: pon?ton

Etymology 1

Noun

ponton (plural pontonok)

1. pontoon, a floating structure supporting a bridge or dock
2. (military) pontoon, a flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge

Declension

Derived terms

• pontonhíd

Etymology 2

pont +? -on

Noun

ponton

1. superessive singular of pont

Further reading

• ponton in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Polish

Etymology

From French ponton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n.t?n/

Noun

ponton m inan (diminutive pontonik)

1. (nautical) raft, dinghy (small inflatable boat)
2. pontoon (floating structure)

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) pontoniak
• (adjective) pontonowy

Related terms

• (noun) pontonier
• (adjective) pontonierski

Further reading

• ponton in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• ponton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French ponton.

Noun

ponton n (plural pontoane)

1. pontoon

Declension

English

Etymology

From Spanish montón.

Noun

monton (plural montons)

1. (mining) A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.
2. (mining, historical) A Mexican unit of weight for ore, varying from 1,800 to 3,200 Spanish pounds.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?monton/

Noun

monton

1. accusative singular of monto

Old French

Etymology

mont (“mountain”) +? -on (augmentative suffix)

Noun

monton m (oblique plural montons, nominative singular montons, nominative plural monton)

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Further reading

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (monton)