Phrase guide

pontoon bridge

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A temporary bridge built over floating pontoons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bateau bridge, floating bridge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bridge, span

History

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جِسْر عَائِم (jisr ʕāʔim) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Belarusian: панто́нны мост (pantónny most) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Bulgarian: понто́нен мост (pontónen most) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浮橋 /浮桥 (fúqiáo) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Czech: pontonový most — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Danish: pontonbro — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Dutch: pontonbrug — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Estonian: ujuksild — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Estonian: pontoonsild — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Finnish: ponttoonisilta — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • French: pont flottant — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • German: Pontonbrücke — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Hungarian: hajóhíd — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Icelandic: flotbrú — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Irish: droichead pontúin — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Italian: ponte di barche — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Japanese: 舟橋 — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Japanese: 浮き橋 (ukihashi) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Korean: 부교 (bugyo) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Korean: 배다리 (baedari) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Korean: 부잔교 (bujan'gyo) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Latvian: pontonu tilts — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Lithuanian: pontoninis tiltas — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Macedonian: понтонски мост — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flytebro — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Persian: پل شناور (pol-e šenâvar) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Persian: پل پانتونی (pol-e pântoni) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Polish: most pontonowy — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Romanian: pod de pontoane — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Russian: понто́нный мост (pontónnyj most) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Serbo-Croatian: понтонски мост — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Serbo-Croatian: pontonski most — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Slovak: pontónový most — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Slovene: pontonski most — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Spanish: puente de barcas — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Swedish: pontonbro — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Turkish: duba köprü — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Ukrainian: понто́нний міст (pontónnyj mist) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Ukrainian: наплавни́й міст (naplavnýj mist) — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons
  • Vietnamese: cầu phao — a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons