punt

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From Egyptian p-wn:n-t:N25 (pwnt).

From Old English punt, from Latin pontō (“Gaulish flat-bottomed boat, pontoon”), from pons (“bridge”); readopted from Middle Low German punte (“ferry boat”) or Middle Dutch ponte (“ferry boat”) of the same origin.

Possibly a dialectal variant of bunt. Rugby is the origin of the sports usage of the term.

Borrowed from French pointe or Spanish punto (“point”). Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, and punto.

Borrowed from Irish punt, from Middle English pund. Doublet of funt, pfund, pood, and pound.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Egyptian: p-wn:n-t:N25 (pwnt) — Translations
• Marathi: पुंट (puṇṭa) — Translations
• Bulgarian: плоскодънна лодка (ploskodǎnna lodka) — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Czech: pramice — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Dutch: vlet — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Finnish: jokivene — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Finnish: ruuhi — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• German: Stocherkahn — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Hebrew: פּוּנְטִית (puntit) — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Hungarian: ladik — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Irish: punta — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Irish: puint — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Irish: leastar — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Italian: barchino — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Latin: scapha — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Māori: waka kōporo — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Russian: плоскодонка (ploskodonka) — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Spanish: batea — narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
• Catalan: xut al vol — a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground
• Czech: kop z ruky — a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground
• Finnish: lentopotku — a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground
• Irish: lasc — a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground
• Irish: cic — a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground
• Spanish: patada al vuelo — a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground
• Spanish: voleo podal — a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground
• Spanish: volea podal — a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground
• Dutch: punt — point in the game of faro
• Italian: puntata — point in the game of faro
• Bulgarian: залагане (zalagane) — bet or wager
• Dutch: gok — bet or wager
• Dutch: weddenschap — bet or wager
• Finnish: veto — bet or wager
• Italian: puntata — bet or wager
• Italian: scommessa — bet or wager
• Swedish: vad — bet or wager
• Dutch: ziel — indentation in the base of a wine bottle
• Irish: log — indentation in the base of a wine bottle
• Italian: indentazione — indentation in the base of a wine bottle
• Spanish: picada — indentation in the base of a wine bottle
• Chinese Mandarin: 撑船 (chēngchuán) — propel a punt with a pole
• Czech: odpichovat bidlem — propel a punt with a pole
• Dutch: vletten — propel a punt with a pole
• Finnish: sauvoa — propel a punt with a pole
• German: staaken — propel a punt with a pole
• German: stochern — propel a punt with a pole
• Māori: toko — propel a punt with a pole
• Finnish: lentopotku — to kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground
• Spanish: patear al vuelo — to kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground
• Spanish: volear podalmente — to kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground
• Dutch: zich terugtrekken — retreat from one's objective
• Bulgarian: залагам (zalagam) — to gamble
• Czech: sázet — to gamble
• Italian: puntare — to gamble
• Italian: scommettere — to gamble
• Russian: ставить (stavitʹ) — to gamble
• Russian: рисковать (riskovatʹ) — to gamble
• Dutch: wedden — make a highly speculative investment or other commitment
• Dutch: gokken — make a highly speculative investment or other commitment
• Spanish: especular — make a highly speculative investment or other commitment