different between ponton vs wonton

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

Alternative forms

• won ton
• huntun

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese ?? (wan4 tan1, wan4 tan4).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?nt?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?nt?n/

Noun

wonton (plural wontons)

1. A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

Translations

See also

• jiaozi

Anagrams

• wonnot

Indonesian

Etymology

From Cantonese ?? (wan4 tan1, wan4 tan4).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?w?nt??n]
• Hyphenation: won?ton

Noun

wonton (first-person possessive wontonku, second-person possessive wontonmu, third-person possessive wontonnya)

1. (cooking) wonton: a Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

   Synonym: pangsit

Alternative forms

• wantan (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

• “wonton” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.