🇫🇷 French

pont

masculine

le pont

bridge

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pont
/lə pɔ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pont in French?

IPA
/lə pɔ̃/

How do you pronounce pont in French?

pont is pronounced /lə pɔ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

Le pont ancien s'est effondré pendant la tempête.

The old bridge collapsed during the storm.

Ce grand pont métallique relie les deux villes.

This large metal bridge connects the two cities.

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Why is it masculine?

Pont is masculine because it derives from Latin "pons" (nominative), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and French retained this gender classification when the word evolved through Vulgar Latin into Old French and Modern French. Like many French nouns, its gender is ultimately inherited from its Latin ancestor rather than following a predictable rule based on its modern form.

What is the French word for bridge?

The French word for bridge is le pont — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishpuenteelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianponteilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseponte flips!afeminine

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