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Pontoon — may refer to: * Pontoon (game), the Australian/Malaysian casino game * Pontoon (card game), a chiefly British version of the card game blackjack (or 21) * Pontoon (boat), the flat bottomed boat, or floats used to support a structure on water **… … Wikipedia
Pontoon — Pon*toon , n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L. ponto, onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally, a way, path: cf. Gr. ? path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf. {Punt} a boat.] 1. (Mil.) A wooden flat bottomed boat, a metallic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pontoon — (n.) 1670s, from Fr. pontoon, from M.Fr. ponton, from L. pontonem (nom. ponto) flat bottomed boat, from pons bridge. Pontoon bridge is first recorded 1778 … Etymology dictionary
pontoon — Ⅰ. pontoon [1] ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a card game in which players try to acquire cards with a value totalling twenty one. ORIGIN probably an alteration of French vingt et un twenty one . Ⅱ. pontoon [2] ► NOUN 1) a … English terms dictionary
pontoon — ☆ pontoon [päntənpän to͞on′] n. [Fr ponton < L ponto < pons (gen. pontis), a bridge: see PONS] 1. a flat bottomed boat 2. any of a number of these, or of some other floating objects, as hollow cylinders, used as supports for a temporary… … English World dictionary
Pontoon — (en irlandais Pont Abhann) est un village situé dans le Comté de Mayo en Irlande. Le village est situé entre les Lough Conn et Lough Cullin au cœur d une région très touristique. Portail de l’Irlande Catégories … Wikipédia en Français
Pontoon — Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: Die Falschspieler (Gemälde um 1594) Georges de la Tour … Deutsch Wikipedia
pontoon — English has two words pontoon. The earlier, ‘floating structure’ [17], comes via French ponton from Latin pontō ‘bridge made of boats’, a derivative of pōns ‘bridge’. (Pontō, presumably the same word, was also used for a sort of Gaulish boat, and … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
pontoon — English has two words pontoon. The earlier, ‘floating structure’ [17], comes via French ponton from Latin pontō ‘bridge made of boats’, a derivative of pōns ‘bridge’. (Pontō, presumably the same word, was also used for a sort of Gaulish boat, and … Word origins
pontoon — [[t]pɒ̱ntu͟ːn[/t]] pontoons N COUNT A pontoon is a floating platform, often one used to support a bridge. ...a pontoon bridge … English dictionary
pontoon — UK [pɒnˈtuːn] / US [pɑnˈtun] noun Word forms pontoon : singular pontoon plural pontoons 1) [uncountable] British the game of blackjack 2) [countable] an object that supports a floating bridge … English dictionary
