name
Meaning 1
plural of Pon
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pons
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: pŏnz
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General-American: /ˈpɑnz/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒnz/
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General-American: pōnz
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General-American: /ˈpoʊnz/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊnz/
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rhymes with -ɒnz
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CMU ARPABET: P AA1 N Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term pōns Varoliī, within the brain stem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
plural of PON
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pons Varolii
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: neural structure
noun
Meaning 6
United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Lily Pons, Alice-Josephine Pons
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coloratura, coloratura soprano
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pōns (“bridge”). Doublet of Pontus.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: silta — bridge-like tissue
- Polish: most — bridge-like tissue
- Arabic: جسر — part of the brain
- Chinese Mandarin: 橋腦 /桥脑 (qiáonǎo) — part of the brain
- Chinese Mandarin: 腦橋 /脑桥 (nǎoqiáo) — part of the brain
- Czech: most — part of the brain
- Esperanto: cerba ponto — part of the brain
- Estonian: sild — part of the brain
- Estonian: ajusild — part of the brain
- Finnish: aivosilta — part of the brain
- French: pont — part of the brain
- German: Pons — part of the brain
- Greek: γέφυρα (géfyra) — part of the brain
- Northern Kurdish: pirik — part of the brain
- Norwegian Bokmål: hjernebro — part of the brain
- Norwegian Bokmål: hjernebru — part of the brain
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hjernebru — part of the brain
- Polish: most — part of the brain
- Spanish: puente troncoencefálico — part of the brain
- Spanish: pons — part of the brain
- Swedish: hjärnbrygga — part of the brain
- Swedish: pons — part of the brain
- Turkish: köprü — part of the brain
- Vietnamese: cầu não — part of the brain