puncture

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpʌŋktʃə/
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• US: /ˈpʌŋkt͡ʃɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: P AH1 NG K CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: P AH1 NG K SH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin pūnctus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Late Latin punctūrabor. English puncture Borrowed from Late Latin punctūra.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ثُقْب (ṯuqb) — hole, cut or tear
• Arabic: ثُقْب (ṯugb) — hole, cut or tear
• Arabic: فَتْحَة (fatḥa) — hole, cut or tear
• Arabic: خُرق (ḵurg) — hole, cut or tear
• Bulgarian: пробив (probiv) — hole, cut or tear
• Bulgarian: дупчица (dupčica) — hole, cut or tear
• Chinese Mandarin: 戳破 (chuōpò) — hole, cut or tear
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺孔 (cìkǒng) — hole, cut or tear
• Esperanto: trui — hole, cut or tear
• Finnish: reikä — hole, cut or tear
• Finnish: rengasrikko — hole, cut or tear
• French: piqûre — hole, cut or tear
• French: perforation — hole, cut or tear
• French: crevaison — hole, cut or tear
• German: Einstich — hole, cut or tear
• German: Reifenpanne — hole, cut or tear
• Hebrew: תקר (teker) — hole, cut or tear
• Hebrew: נקר (neker) — hole, cut or tear
• Hungarian: szúrás — hole, cut or tear
• Hungarian: lyukasztás — hole, cut or tear
• Hungarian: felszúrás — hole, cut or tear
• Hungarian: lyuk — hole, cut or tear
• Indonesian: tusukan — hole, cut or tear
• Italian: puntura — hole, cut or tear
• Japanese: 刺すこと (sasu koto) — hole, cut or tear
• Japanese: パンク (panku) — hole, cut or tear
• Khmer: ការចាក់ (kaacak) — hole, cut or tear
• Latin: pūnctūra — hole, cut or tear
• Malayalam: ഊട്ട (ūṭṭa) — hole, cut or tear
• Portuguese: punctura — hole, cut or tear
• Portuguese: perfuração — hole, cut or tear
• Russian: проко́л (prokól) — hole, cut or tear
• Scottish Gaelic: toll — hole, cut or tear
• Spanish: pinchazo — hole, cut or tear
• Spanish: ponchadura — hole, cut or tear
• Swahili: panchari — hole, cut or tear
• Swedish: punktera — hole, cut or tear
• Swedish: sticka hål — hole, cut or tear
• Bashkir: сәнсеү (sənsew) — to pierce — see also pierce
• Bashkir: тишеү (tişew) — to pierce — see also pierce
• Bulgarian: пробождам (proboždam) — to pierce — see also pierce
• Bulgarian: пробивам (probivam) — to pierce — see also pierce
• Catalan: perforar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺穿 (cìchuān) — to pierce — see also pierce
• Choctaw: hlumbli — to pierce — see also pierce
• Dutch: puncteren — to pierce — see also pierce
• Finnish: puhkaista — to pierce — see also pierce
• French: perforer — to pierce — see also pierce
• Galician: furar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Galician: esfuracar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Galician: perforar — to pierce — see also pierce
• German: durchstechen — to pierce — see also pierce
• German: punktieren — to pierce — see also pierce
• Hungarian: kilyukaszt — to pierce — see also pierce
• Hungarian: kilyukad — to pierce — see also pierce
• Hungarian: felszúr — to pierce — see also pierce
• Latin: pungō — to pierce — see also pierce
• Māori: tioka — to pierce — see also pierce
• Māori: tīokaoka — to pierce — see also pierce
• Māori: paoka — to pierce — see also pierce
• Māori: poka — to pierce — see also pierce
• Māori: wero — to pierce — see also pierce
• Māori: oka — to pierce — see also pierce
• Khiamniungan Naga: lāp — to pierce — see also pierce
• Nanai: локпа- (lokpa-) — to pierce — see also pierce
• Russian: прока́лывать (prokályvatʹ) — to pierce — see also pierce
• Russian: проколо́ть (prokolótʹ) — to pierce — see also pierce
• Santali: ᱨᱳᱜ (rok’) — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: perforar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: ponchar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: puncionar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: punzar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: pinchar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: punchar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: horadar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: horacar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: compungir — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: espichar — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: puncetear — to pierce — see also pierce
• Spanish: pungir — to pierce — see also pierce
• Swedish: punktera — to pierce — see also pierce
• Swedish: sticka hål på — to pierce — see also pierce
• Tamil: குத்து (kuttu) — to pierce — see also pierce