Pond
See also: pond
English
Etymology
- As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound.
- As a German and north/Low German surname, Americanized from Pfund and Pund respectively, both related to the above.
Proper noun
Pond (plural Ponds)
- A surname.
- 1929, G. K. Chesterton, The Poet and the Lunatics:
- "How do you know?" asked Mr Pond rather snappishly and in unusual irritation.
Anagrams
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German pfunt, from Old High German pfunt, phunt. Cognate with German Pfund, Dutch pond, English pound.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pont/
Noun
Pond n (plural Ponner)