grand pont
French, noun/ɡʁɑ̃ pɔ̃/
grand pont is spelled G-R-A-N-D-P-O-N-T (9 letters). Grand pont is a French masculine noun meaning “kick/pass around a player's legs (overplaying a player on the one side while overrunning him on the other)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dribble consistant à glisser le ballon d’un côté de l’adversaire, et à le récupérer après l’avoir contourné…”.
What does grand pont mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekick/pass around a player's legs (overplaying a player on the one side while overrunning him on the other)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dribble consistant à glisser le ballon d’un côté de l’adversaire, et à le récupérer après l’avoir contourné de l’autre côté.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of grand pont
- grands ponts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grand pont?
- /ɡʁɑ̃ pɔ̃/
- \ɡʁɑ̃ pɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.