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adj
Relating to the pons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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adj
Of or relating to kingdom of Pontus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
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adj
Of or relating to the region of Pontus in northern Anatolia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
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adj
Of or relating to Pontic Greek, the dialect of Greek that developed in Pontus and is now spoken chiefly in rural northern Greece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
Of or relating to the Black Sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
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name
Clipping of Pontic Greek, the dialect of Greek developed in Pontus and now chiefly spoken in rural northern Greece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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noun
A false tooth that forms part of a dental bridge.
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Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
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History
From Latin pont- (“bridge”) + -ic (“of, pertaining to”).
From Latin ponticus, from Ancient Greek Ποντῐκός (Pontĭkós), from Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea, Pontus”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to Pontus + -ic. Doublet of bonduc and bundook.
Across languages
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