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ponent

/ˈpəʊnənt/

ponent noun: the west; the area of the setting sun.

Noun

ponent (plural ponents)

  1. The west; the area of the setting sun.
    Synonyms:
    occident, west
    Antonyms:
    orient, east, levant

Adjective

ponent (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the west, westerly.
    • Forth rush the Levant and the Ponent winds, Eurus and Zephyr1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    • There was an ambiguity surpassing conjecture in her eyes, and the wind rose up around us in that half barbaric Russian garden with its alien Diana blackened by snows and fierce ponent winds1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

Synonyms of ponent

Antonyms

Forms of ponent

pluralponents

Origin of ponent

Borrowed from Italian ponente (“west”), ultimately from pōnēns, present participle of pōnō (“to place”).

Questions about ponent

What does ponent mean?
Ponent means the west; the area of the setting sun.
What part of speech is ponent?
Ponent can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce ponent?
Ponent is pronounced /ˈpəʊnənt/.
What is the plural of ponent?
The plural of ponent is ponents.

Words near ponent in the dictionary

  1. pondy
  2. pone
  3. Poneasca
  4. Ponebel
  5. poneer
  6. ponent
  7. ponente
  8. poneratoxin
  9. ponericin
  10. ponericins
  11. ponerine

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