pons

Other forms of pons

plural

pontes

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pons

What does pons mean?

pons means "United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pons?

pons has 1 syllable: pons. In IPA it is /ˈpɑnz/.

What is another word for pons?

Close synonyms include Lily Pons, Alice-Josephine Pons, pons Varolii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pons a common word?

pons is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.