ponter
French, verb/pɔ̃.te/
ponter is spelled P-O-N-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ponter is a French verb meaning “to build a bridge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Construire un pont, équiper d’un pont”.
What does ponter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to build a bridge
- 2
to cover a boat with a deck
verb
- 1
to punt, to bet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Construire un pont, équiper d’un pont. 2. Faire un pontage chirurgical. 3. Équiper d’un pont un navire.
verb: 1. Être ponte, jouer, miser de l’argent contre le banquier.
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 ponter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- pontant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ponté participle past
- ponte first-person indicative present
- pontes indicative present second-person
- pontons first-person indicative plural
- pontez indicative plural present
- pontent indicative plural present
- pontais first-person imperfect indicative
- pontait imperfect indicative singular
- pontions first-person imperfect indicative
- pontiez imperfect indicative plural
- pontaient imperfect indicative plural
- pontai first-person historic indicative
- pontas historic indicative past
- ponta historic indicative past
- pontâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ponter?
- /pɔ̃.te/
- \pɔ̃.te\
- [pɔ̃.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ponter in French?
ponter appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).