ponant

See also: Ponant

French

Alternative forms

• Ponant

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan ponen, ponent, from Latin pōnēns, present participle of pōnō (“to set”), in reference to the setting sun. Doublet of pondant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.nɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

ponant m (plural ponants)

1. the west

   Synonyms: ouest, occident

2. the western ocean (rather than the Mediterranean)

Derived terms

• ponantais

Further reading

• “ponant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “ponant”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpoː.nant]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔː.nant]

Verb

pōnant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of pōnō