ponce
French, noun
ponce is spelled P-O-N-C-E (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 30,103rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ponce is a French feminine noun meaning “pumice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, poncé is a different word: “past participle of poncer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pierre extrêmement sèche, poreuse et légère, qui est un produit des volcans”.
What does ponce mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepumice
- 2
Quebecfemininehot alcoholic beverage made with gin or rum
verb
- 1
past participle of poncer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pierre extrêmement sèche, poreuse et légère, qui est un produit des volcans. 2. Petit sachet qui sert à poncer et qui consiste en un morceau de tissu lâche, empli de poudre bleue ou noire, si l’on veut poncer sur une surface blanche, ou de poudre blanche, si l’on veut poncer sur une surface noire. 3. Encre grasse découlant du sachet.
noun: 1. Variante de punch.
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 ponce
- ponces plural
- poncée feminine
- poncés masculine plural
- poncées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ponce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ponce in French?
ponce appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).