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Uncertain. Perhaps shortened from puncheon (compare German Punze, Punzen (“cask; short fat person or thing”)) or Punchinello.

Shortened from Punchinello.

Variant of Points.

From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon). Compare also Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”).

Shortened form of puncheon, from Middle English punchoun, from Old French ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick”).

PIE word *pénkwe From Hindi पाँच (pā̃c, “five”)/Urdu پانچ (pānc), because of the drink's original five ingredients (spirits, water, lemon juice, sugar, and spice), from Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca). Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, and sengi (“currency”); related to Punjab and Pompeii.

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397 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: Kašpárek — character of a puppet show
• Danish: Mester Jakel — character of a puppet show
• Dutch: Jan Klaassen — character of a puppet show
• Finnish: Punch — character of a puppet show
• French: Guignol — character of a puppet show
• German: Kasper — character of a puppet show
• German: Kasperl — character of a puppet show
• German: Kasperle — character of a puppet show
• Bavarian German: Kasperl — character of a puppet show
• Greek: Φασουλής (Fasoulís) — character of a puppet show
• Japanese: パンチ (Panchi) — character of a puppet show
• Romanian: Vasilache — character of a puppet show
• Russian: Панч (Panč) — character of a puppet show
• Russian: Петру́шка (Petrúška) — character of a puppet show
• Albanian: grushtim — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Albanian: rrah — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Albanian: rraf — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Arabic: لَكْمَة (lakma) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Arabic: لكمة (lakma) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Arabic: بُكْس (buks) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Basque: ukabilkada — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Belarusian: уда́р (udár) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Bengali: ঘুষি (ghuśi) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Bulgarian: у́дар (údar) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Bulgarian: пестница (pestnica) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Catalan: cop de puny — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Cebuano: sumbag — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Chinese Mandarin: 拳打 (quándǎ) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Chinese Mandarin: 拳 (quán) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Dutch: stomp — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Esperanto: pugnobato — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Estonian: löök — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Finnish: nyrkinisku — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• French: coup de poing — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Galician: puñada — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Galician: puñazo — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Georgian: ჩარტყმა (čarṭq̇ma) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Georgian: დარტყმა (darṭq̇ma) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• German: Faustschlag — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• German: Schlag — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• German: Stoß — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Greek: μπουνιά (bouniá) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Greek: γροθιά (grothiá) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Hawaiian: kuʻi — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Hebrew: אֶגרוֹף (egróf) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Hungarian: ütés — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Icelandic: hnefahögg — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Ilocano: disnug — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Indonesian: pukulan — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Ingrian: isku — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Ingrian: nappu — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Ingrian: napsu — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Ingrian: tiltukkain — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Irish: dorn — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Irish: buille — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Irish: buille de dhorn — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Italian: pugno — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Japanese: 殴打 (ōda) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Japanese: パンチ (panchi) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Kashmiri: مُش (muś) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Khmer: ការដាល់ (kaadal) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Korean: 펀치 (peonchi) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Latin: ictus cum pugnō — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Latvian: sitiens — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Latvian: belziens — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Latvian: dunka — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Lithuanian: smūgis — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Macedonian: у́дар (údar) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Macedonian: бокс (boks) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Malay: tumbukan — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Malay: tinju — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Māori: moto — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Māori: meke — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Māori: tuki — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Marshallese: bait — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Norman: co d'poing — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Norman: coup d'tampon — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Polish: cios — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Portuguese: murro — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Portuguese: soco — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Quechua: kutay — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Romanian: pumn — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Russian: уда́р — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Scottish Gaelic: buille — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Serbo-Croatian: ударац, udarac — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Spanish: puñetazo — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Spanish: puñete — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Spanish: puñada — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Spanish: piñazo — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Spanish: zocotroco — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Swedish: slag — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Tagalog: suntok — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Tahitian: moto — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Tausug: suntuk — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Thai: หมัด (màt) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Tongan: momoto — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Turkish: yumruk — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Ottoman Turkish: یومروق (yumruk) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Ottoman Turkish: مشت (muşt) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Ukrainian: уда́р (udár) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Vietnamese: cú đấm — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Waray-Waray: suntok — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Welsh: dyrnod — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Yiddish: שלאָג (shlog) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Yiddish: בוכענצע (bukhentse) — a hit or a strike with one's fist
• Albanian: grusht — power, strength, energy
• Bulgarian: сила (sila) — power, strength, energy
• Bulgarian: енергия (energija) — power, strength, energy
• Finnish: isku — power, strength, energy
• French: punch — power, strength, energy
• German: Schwung — power, strength, energy
• German: Pep — power, strength, energy
• German: Temperament — power, strength, energy
• German: Energie — power, strength, energy
• German: Stärke — power, strength, energy
• Greek: πυγμή (pygmí) — power, strength, energy
• Hungarian: energia — power, strength, energy
• Irish: beocht — power, strength, energy
• Irish: anam — power, strength, energy
• Irish: spreacadh — power, strength, energy
• Irish: brí — power, strength, energy
• Irish: spleodar — power, strength, energy
• Japanese: 勢い (ikioi) — power, strength, energy
• Latvian: enerģija — power, strength, energy
• Macedonian: си́ла (síla) — power, strength, energy
• Macedonian: ене́ргија (enérgija) — power, strength, energy
• Polish: kop — power, strength, energy
• Russian: эне́ргия (enɛ́rgija) — power, strength, energy
• Bengali: সংঘর্ষ (śoṅghorśo) — impact
• Bulgarian: удар (udar) — impact
• Finnish: isku — impact
• German: Zusammenstoß — impact
• German: Aufprall — impact
• German: Einschlag — impact
• Macedonian: у́дар (údar) — impact
• Finnish: iskunappula — button
• German: Druckschalter — button
• German: Drucktaste — button
• Arabic: خَرَّامَة (ḵarrāma) — device for creating holes in thin material
• Bulgarian: пробой (proboj) — device for creating holes in thin material
• Bulgarian: замба (zamba) — device for creating holes in thin material
• Chinese Mandarin: 打孔器 (dǎkǒngqì) — device for creating holes in thin material
• Czech: důlčík — device for creating holes in thin material
• Finnish: lävistin — device for creating holes in thin material
• Finnish: rei’ittäjä — device for creating holes in thin material
• Finnish: rei’itin — device for creating holes in thin material
• Finnish: meisti — device for creating holes in thin material
• French: poinçon — device for creating holes in thin material
• French: pointeau — device for creating holes in thin material
• Galician: tufo — device for creating holes in thin material
• German: Lochzange — device for creating holes in thin material
• German: Locher — device for creating holes in thin material
• Hebrew: מַקָּב (makav) — device for creating holes in thin material
• Icelandic: gatari — device for creating holes in thin material
• Irish: pollaire — device for creating holes in thin material
• Irish: pritil — device for creating holes in thin material
• Italian: perforatrice — device for creating holes in thin material
• Italian: punzonatrice — device for creating holes in thin material
• Italian: perforatore — device for creating holes in thin material
• Italian: bucatrice — device for creating holes in thin material
• Japanese: 穴開け器 (anaakeki) — device for creating holes in thin material
• Japanese: パンチ (panchi) — device for creating holes in thin material
• Korean: 펀치 (peonchi) — device for creating holes in thin material
• Māori: panihi — device for creating holes in thin material
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjørner — device for creating holes in thin material
• Polish: dziurkacz — device for creating holes in thin material
• Portuguese: perfuradora — device for creating holes in thin material
• Russian: ке́рнер (kérner) — device for creating holes in thin material
• Swahili: panchi — device for creating holes in thin material
• Swedish: puns — device for creating holes in thin material
• Swedish: körnare — device for creating holes in thin material
• Swedish: hålslag — device for creating holes in thin material
• Swedish: perforator — device for creating holes in thin material
• Swedish: stans — device for creating holes in thin material
• Ottoman Turkish: زنبه (zımba) — device for creating holes in thin material
• Albanian: shpues — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Arabic: خَرَّامَة (ḵarrāma) — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Bulgarian: компостьор (kompostjor) — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Chinese Mandarin: 打孔器 (dǎkǒngqì) — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Czech: děrovačka — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Finnish: rei’ittäjä — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Finnish: rei’itin — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• French: poinçonneuse — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• German: Locher — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Icelandic: gatari — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Japanese: 穴開け (anaake) — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Latvian: caurumsitis — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Māori: panihi — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Norwegian Bokmål: hullemaskin — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Portuguese: perfuradora — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Russian: дыроко́л (dyrokól) — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Spanish: sacabocado — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Spanish: perforadora — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Swedish: hålslag — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Ottoman Turkish: زنبه (zımba) — mechanism for punching holes in paper
• Bulgarian: перфорация (perforacija) — hole or opening created with a punch
• Finnish: reikä — hole or opening created with a punch
• Finnish: läpi — hole or opening created with a punch
• French: poinçonnage — hole or opening created with a punch
• German: Lochung — hole or opening created with a punch
• Icelandic: gat — hole or opening created with a punch
• Japanese: 穴 (ana) — hole or opening created with a punch
• Japanese: 穿孔 (senkō) — hole or opening created with a punch
• Polish: dziurka — hole or opening created with a punch
• Polish: otwór — hole or opening created with a punch
• Armenian: պունշ (punš) — beverage
• Bulgarian: пунш (punš) — beverage
• Catalan: ponx — beverage
• Chinese Cantonese: 賓治酒 /宾治酒 (ban1 zi6 zau2) — beverage
• Chinese Mandarin: 潘趣酒 (pānqùjiǔ) — beverage
• Czech: punč — beverage
• Dutch: punch — beverage
• Esperanto: punĉo — beverage
• Estonian: punš — beverage
• Estonian: bool — beverage
• Finnish: booli — beverage
• French: punch — beverage
• Galician: ponche — beverage
• German: Punsch — beverage
• German: Bowle — beverage
• Hebrew: פונץ׳ (punch) — beverage
• Hungarian: puncs — beverage
• Hungarian: bólé — beverage
• Icelandic: púns — beverage
• Irish: puins — beverage
• Japanese: パンチ (panchi) — beverage
• Korean: 펀치 (peonchi) — beverage
• Korean: 화채 (hwachae) — beverage
• Latvian: punšs — beverage
• Macedonian: пунч (punč) — beverage
• Maltese: panċ — beverage
• Norwegian Bokmål: punsj — beverage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: punsj — beverage
• Polish: poncz — beverage
• Portuguese: ponche — beverage
• Russian: пунш (punš) — beverage
• Russian: крюшон (krjušon) — beverage
• Serbo-Croatian: punč — beverage
• Slovak: punč — beverage
• Spanish: ponche — beverage
• Swedish: bål — beverage
• Thai: พันช์ — beverage
• Turkish: punç — beverage
• Ottoman Turkish: پونچ (punç) — beverage
• Volapük: pöjin — beverage
• Volapük: römapöjin — beverage
• Welsh: pwnsh — beverage
• Albanian: grushtoj — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Arabic: لَكَمَ (lakama) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Azerbaijani: yumruqlamaq — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Basque: ukabilkatu — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Central Bikol: bungag — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Bulgarian: удрям с юмрук (udrjam s jumruk) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Catalan: apunyegar — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Catalan: donar un cop de puny — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Cebuano: sumbag — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Cebuano: suntok — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Chinese Mandarin: 拳打 (quándǎ) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Chinese Mandarin: 拳 (quán) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Dutch: stompen — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Dutch: met de vuist slaan — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Esperanto: pugnobati — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Finnish: lyödä nyrkillä — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• French: cogner — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• French: donner un coup de poing — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• German: mit der Faust schlagen — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Hawaiian: moko — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Hawaiian: mokomoko — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Hawaiian: kuʻi — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Hebrew: היכה (hiká) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Hungarian: üt — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Icelandic: kýla — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Ilocano: disnugen — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Indonesian: pukul — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Irish: dorn a bhualadh ar — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Irish: buille a thabhairt do — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Italian: dare un pugno — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Japanese: 殴る (naguru) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Japanese: 殴打する (ōda suru) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Japanese: パンチする (panchi suru) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Khmer: ដាល់ (dal) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Latgalian: traknēt — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Latgalian: sist — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Latgalian: laubt — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Latgalian: dyurēt — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Latvian: sist — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Latvian: belzt — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Latvian: dunkāt — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Macedonian: у́дри (údri) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Macedonian: у́дира (údira) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Macedonian: ѕве́кне (dzvékne) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Macedonian: ѕве́кнува (dzvéknuva) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Māori: moto — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Māori: meke — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Khiamniungan Naga: thāu — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Nepali: मुक्का हान्नु (mukkā hānnu) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Norman: bailli un co d'poing — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Polish: uderzyć — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Portuguese: esmurrar — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Portuguese: socar — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Quechua: kutay — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Romanian: lovi cu pumnul — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Russian: ударить (udaritʹ) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Samoan: pani — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Spanish: dar un puñetazo — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Spanish: pegar un puñete — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Spanish: apuñear — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Spanish: apuñetear — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Spanish: puñetear — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Spanish: quiñar — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Spanish: asestar una puñada — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Spanish: atizar una puñeteada — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Spanish: chuñear — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Swahili: -piga ngumi — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Swedish: slå — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Tagalog: sumuntok — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Tagalog: suntukin — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Tahitian: moto — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Tamil: குத்து (kuttu) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Thai: ชก (chók) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Thai: ต่อย (dtɔ̀i) — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Tongan: hoka — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Vietnamese: đấm — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Waray-Waray: sontuka — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Welsh: pwmpio — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Welsh: dyrnu — to strike something or someone with one's fist
• Finnish: painaa nappia — to operate by pressing a button or similar
• Irish: brúigh — to operate by pressing a button or similar
• Irish: buail — to operate by pressing a button or similar
• Bulgarian: въвеждам (vǎveždam) — to enter information
• Finnish: naputella — to enter information
• Bulgarian: цапардосвам (capardosvam) — to hit with less than full force
• Bulgarian: цапардосам (capardosam) — to hit with less than full force
• Finnish: tuupata — to hit with less than full force
• Armenian: դակել (dakel) — to make holes
• Bulgarian: дупча (dupča) — to make holes
• Bulgarian: перфорирам (perforiram) — to make holes
• Finnish: rei’ittää — to make holes
• French: perforer — to make holes
• German: lochen — to make holes
• Icelandic: gata — to make holes
• Irish: poll a chur i — to make holes
• Irish: poll — to make holes
• Irish: toll — to make holes
• Kabuverdianu: fura — to make holes
• Macedonian: ду́пчи (dúpči) — to make holes
• Māori: pokapoka — to make holes
• Portuguese: furar — to make holes
• Portuguese: picar — to make holes
• Spanish: punzonar — to make holes
• Spanish: agujerear — to make holes
• Spanish: puncionar — to make holes
• Spanish: perforar — to make holes
• Spanish: horadar — to make holes
• Spanish: punchar — to make holes
• Spanish: horacar — to make holes
• Thai: เจาะ (jɔ̀) — to make holes
• Turkish: delmek — to make holes
• Ukrainian: пробива́ти (probyváty) — to make holes
• Ukrainian: проби́ти (probýty) — to make holes
• Khiamniungan Naga: thāupīng — punch multiple people at a time
• Albanian: shënoj — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Albanian: shpoj — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Bulgarian: перфорирам (perforiram) — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Catalan: perforar — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Chinese Mandarin: 打孔 (dǎkǒng) — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Finnish: stanssata — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Finnish: meistää — to employ a punch to create a hole
• French: poinçonner — to employ a punch to create a hole
• German: lochen — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Hungarian: lyukaszt — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Icelandic: gata — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Irish: poll a chur i — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Irish: poll — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Irish: toll — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Japanese: パンチする (panchi suru) — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Māori: panihi — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Portuguese: perfurar — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Spanish: perforar — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Thai: เจาะ (jɔ̀) — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Turkish: zımbalamak — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Ottoman Turkish: زنبهلامق (zımbalamak) — to employ a punch to create a hole
• Albanian: shpoj — to mark a ticket
• Bulgarian: перфорирам (perforiram) — to mark a ticket
• Finnish: leimata — to mark a ticket
• French: poinçonner — to mark a ticket
• German: abstempeln — to mark a ticket
• German: entwerten — to mark a ticket
• Hungarian: lyukaszt — to mark a ticket
• Icelandic: gata — to mark a ticket
• Irish: puinseáil — to mark a ticket
• Japanese: パンチする (panchi suru) — to mark a ticket
• Latvian: kompostrēt — to mark a ticket
• Polish: skasować — to mark a ticket
• Spanish: picar — to mark a ticket
• Spanish: taladrar — to mark a ticket
• Thai: เจาะ (jɔ̀) — to mark a ticket