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)

  1. 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)

  1. pound (unit of mass)
  2. pound (unit of currency)