pond

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• Received-Pronunciation: pŏnd
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɒnd/
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• General-American: pänd
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• General-American: /pɑnd/
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• Canada: /pʌnd/
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• homophone: pawned (cot–caught merger)
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• rhymes with -ɒnd
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• CMU ARPABET: P AA1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound. * As a German and north/Low German surname, Americanized from Pfund and Pund respectively, both related to the above.

Clipping of ponder.

223 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: Velká louže — the Atlantic Ocean
• Dutch: grote plas — the Atlantic Ocean
• Finnish: rapakko — the Atlantic Ocean
• German: großer Teich — the Atlantic Ocean
• Hindi: अन्ध महासागर (andh mahāsāgar) — the Atlantic Ocean
• Hindi: अटलाण्टिक महासागर (aṭlāṇṭik mahāsāgar) — the Atlantic Ocean
• Hindi: अटलांटिक महासागर (aṭlāṇṭik mahāsāgar) — the Atlantic Ocean
• Hungarian: a tenger — the Atlantic Ocean
• Macedonian: бара (bara) — the Atlantic Ocean
• Norwegian Bokmål: dammen — the Atlantic Ocean
• Slovene: luža — the Atlantic Ocean
• Spanish: charco — the Atlantic Ocean
• Albanian: pellg — small lake
• Southern Altai: буунты суу (buuntï suu) — small lake
• Southern Altai: тӱӱлген суу (tüülgen suu) — small lake
• Southern Altai: буук (buuk) — small lake
• Southern Altai: кӧличек (köliček) — small lake
• Arabic: بِرْكَة (birka) — small lake
• Arabic: غَدِير (ḡadīr) — small lake
• Armenian: լճակ (lčak) — small lake
• Aromanian: baltã — small lake
• Assamese: পুখুৰী (pukhuri) — small lake
• Azerbaijani: gölməçə — small lake
• Azerbaijani: nohur — small lake
• Bangi: eliba — small lake
• Bashkir: быуа (bıwa) — small lake
• Basque: urmael — small lake
• Basque: umantzi — small lake
• Belarusian: стаў (staw) — small lake
• Belarusian: са́жалка (sážalka) — small lake
• Belarusian: азярцо́ (azjarcó) — small lake
• Belarusian: копанка (kópanka) — small lake
• Bengali: পুকুর (pukur) — small lake
• Bhojpuri: तालाब (tālāb) — small lake
• Bulgarian: е́зерце (ézerce) — small lake
• Burmese: အင်း (ang:) — small lake
• Burmese: ကန် (kan) — small lake
• Burmese: အိုင် (uing) — small lake
• Catalan: bassa — small lake
• Catalan: estany — small lake
• Cherokee: ᎥᏓᎵ (vdali) — small lake
• Chichewa: dziwe — small lake
• Chichewa: kumadzi — small lake
• Chinese Cantonese: 水池 (seoi2 ci4) — small lake
• Chinese Cantonese: 水塘 (seoi2 tong4) — small lake
• Eastern Min Chinese: 池 (diè) — small lake
• Chinese Mandarin: 池塘 (chítáng) — small lake
• Chinese Mandarin: 池 (chí) — small lake
• Coptic: ⲃⲉⲣϭⲱⲧ (berčōt) — small lake
• Coptic: ⲇⲁⲝⲁⲙⲁⲛⲏ (daksamanē) — small lake
• Coptic: ⲁⲛⲁⲃⲁⲗⲗⲟⲩⲥ (anaballous) — small lake
• Cornish: lagen — small lake
• Cornish: poll — small lake
• Czech: rybník — small lake
• Danish: dam — small lake
• Dutch: vijver — small lake
• Esperanto: lageto — small lake
• Estonian: tiik — small lake
• Faroese: tjørn — small lake
• Finnish: lampi — small lake
• Finnish: allas — small lake
• French: étang — small lake
• French: mare — small lake
• Galician: lagoa — small lake
• Georgian: გუბე (gube) — small lake
• German: Teich — small lake
• German: Weiher — small lake
• Greek: νερόλακος (nerólakos) — small lake
• Greek: λιμνούλα (limnoúla) — small lake
• Gujarati: તળાવ (taḷāv) — small lake
• Hawaiian: loko — small lake
• Hebrew: אֲגַם (agám) — small lake
• Hebrew: בְּרֵכָה (brekhá) — small lake
• Hindi: तालाब (tālāb) — small lake
• Hindi: पोखर (pokhar) — small lake
• Hindi: पोखरा (pokhrā) — small lake
• Hindi: ताल (tāl) — small lake
• Hindi: तलैया (talaiyā) — small lake
• Hungarian: tavacska — small lake
• Hungarian: halastó — small lake
• Icelandic: tjörn — small lake
• Indonesian: kolam — small lake
• Interlingua: stagno — small lake
• Irish: linn — small lake
• Irish: dabhach — small lake
• Italian: stagno — small lake
• Japanese: 池 (ike) — small lake
• Javanese: blumbang — small lake
• Old Javanese: balumbang — small lake
• Kazakh: байлама (bailama) — small lake
• Kazakh: бөгет (böget) — small lake
• Kazakh: тоған (toğan) — small lake
• Kazakh: көлшік (kölşık) — small lake
• Kazakh: көлшімек (kölşımek) — small lake
• Khmer: កូប (koup) — small lake
• Khmer: ត្រពាំង (trɑɑpĕəng) — small lake
• Korean: 못 (mot) — small lake
• Korean: 연못 (yeonmot) — small lake
• Central Kurdish: گۆم (gom) — small lake
• Northern Kurdish: lîç — small lake
• Kyrgyz: көлмө (kölmö) — small lake
• Lao: ບຶງ (bưng) — small lake
• Lao: ຫນອງ (nǭng) — small lake
• Lao: ສະ (sa) — small lake
• Lao: ວັງ (wang) — small lake
• Lao: ບຸ່ງ (bung) — small lake
• Lao: ອ່າງ (ʼāng) — small lake
• Lao: ໂບກ (bōk) — small lake
• Latin: stāgnum — small lake
• Latin: piscīna — small lake
• Latvian: dīķis — small lake
• Lingala: etima — small lake
• Lingala: moliba — small lake
• Lithuanian: kūdra — small lake
• Luxembourgish: Dëmpel — small lake
• Macedonian: езерце (ezerce) — small lake
• Macedonian: рибник (ribnik) — small lake
• Malay: kolam — small lake
• Brunei Malay: kulam — small lake
• Brunei Malay: luagan — small lake
• Malayalam: കുളം (kuḷaṁ) — small lake
• Maltese: għadira — small lake
• Māori: hāroto — small lake
• Mazanderani: اسل (essel) — small lake
• Mongolian: цөөрөм (cööröm) — small lake
• Mongolian: ᠴᠥᠭᠦᠷᠦᠮ (čögürüm) — small lake
• Norman: mathe — small lake
• Norwegian Bokmål: tjern — small lake
• Norwegian Bokmål: dam — small lake
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tjern — small lake
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tjørn — small lake
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dam — small lake
• Oromo: raaree — small lake
• Pashto: تالاب (tālāb) — small lake
• Pashto: خړيچ (xṛič) — small lake
• Iranian Persian: آبْگیر (âbgir) — small lake
• Iranian Persian: بِرْکِه (berke) — small lake
• Iranian Persian: تالاب (tâlâb) — small lake
• Iranian Persian: کولاب (kôlâb) — small lake
• Iranian Persian: کول (kul) — small lake
• Piedmontese: stagn — small lake
• Plautdietsch: Läacht — small lake
• Polish: staw — small lake
• Polish: sadzawka — small lake
• Polish: jeziorko — small lake
• Polish: rybnik — small lake
• Portuguese: lagoa — small lake
• Portuguese: tanque — small lake
• Portuguese: açude — small lake
• Punjabi: ਤਲਾਅ (talāa) — small lake
• Romanian: baltă — small lake
• Russian: пруд (prud) — small lake
• Russian: водоём (vodojóm) — small lake
• Russian: озерцо́ (ozercó) — small lake
• Sanskrit: सरस् (saras) — small lake
• Scottish Gaelic: linne — small lake
• Serbo-Croatian: језе́рце — small lake
• Serbo-Croatian: ри̑бња̄к — small lake
• Serbo-Croatian: пру̑д — small lake
• Serbo-Croatian: жа̏бња̄к — small lake
• Serbo-Croatian: jezérce — small lake
• Serbo-Croatian: rȋbnjāk — small lake
• Serbo-Croatian: prȗd — small lake
• Serbo-Croatian: žȁbnjāk — small lake
• Shan: ၼွင် (nǎung) — small lake
• Slovak: rybník — small lake
• Slovene: ribnik — small lake
• Somali: war — small lake
• Lower Sorbian: gat — small lake
• Spanish: charca — small lake
• Spanish: estanque — small lake
• Spanish: laguna — small lake
• Spanish: encharcada — small lake
• Spanish: bodón — small lake
• Sundanese: ᮘᮜᮧᮀ (balong) — small lake
• Swedish: damm — small lake
• Swedish: tjärn — small lake
• Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠞ꠆ꠈꠤ (furkí) — small lake
• Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠈꠂꠞ (fukóir) — small lake
• Tagalog: salog — small lake
• Tajik: толоб (tolob) — small lake
• Tajik: ҳавз (havz) — small lake
• Tajik: обгир (obgir) — small lake
• Tamil: குட்டை (kuṭṭai) — small lake
• Tamil: குளம் (kuḷam) — small lake
• Lower Tanana: datltoni — small lake
• Tarifit: agermam — small lake
• Tarifit: arimam — small lake
• Tarifit: tanda — small lake
• Tatar: буа (buwa) — small lake
• Thai: บ่อน้ํา (bɔ̀ɔ-náam) — small lake
• Thai: สระน้ํา (sà-náam) — small lake
• Thai: สระ (sà) — small lake
• Tibetan: ཆུ་འཛིང (chu 'dzing) — small lake
• Tocharian B: kaumiye — small lake
• Tocharian B: yolme — small lake
• Tok Pisin: wara — small lake
• Tok Pisin: raunwara — small lake
• Turkish: gölet — small lake
• Turkmen: howda — small lake
• Turkmen: göljagaz — small lake
• Turkmen: howuz — small lake
• Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎗𐎋𐎚 (brkt) — small lake
• Ukrainian: став (stav) — small lake
• Ukrainian: са́жалка (sážalka) — small lake
• Ukrainian: озе́рце (ozérce) — small lake
• Ukrainian: озерце́ (ozercé) — small lake
• Urdu: تالاب (tālāb) — small lake
• Urdu: حَوض (hauz) — small lake
• Urdu: پوکَھر (pokhar) — small lake
• Uyghur: كۆلچەك (kölchek) — small lake
• Uzbek: hovuz — small lake
• Uzbek: havza — small lake
• Vietnamese: ao — small lake
• Volapük: lulak — small lake
• Waray-Waray: sapa — small lake
• Welsh: pwll — small lake
• Yiddish: סאַזשלקע (sazhlke) — small lake
• Yiddish: סטאַוו (stav) — small lake
• Zazaki: dolek — small lake
• Zhuang: daemz — small lake
• Zulu: ichibi — small lake
• Zulu: isiziba — small lake