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pon¹

  • /pɒn/ UK
  • /pɑn/ US
  • /pɔn/ US

Rhymes with -ɒn

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 碰 (pon).

noun pons

  1. Japanese A call for forming a set of three identical tiles using a discarded tile.

    Similar: pung

pon²

  • /pɒn/ UK
  • /pɑn/ US
  • /pɔn/ US

Rhymes with -ɒn

preposition

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of 'pon

pon³

  • /pɒn/ UK
  • /pɑn/ US
  • /pɔn/ US

Rhymes with -ɒn

verb pons · ponning · ponned

  1. Singlish, abbreviation, clipping Clipping of ponteng

Pon⁴

Where it comes from

Chinese surname, variant Romanizations of:

* 潘 and 盤 /盘 (pán) (see Pan)

* 彭 (see Peng)

* possibly Romanized from names such as 邦 (bāng)), monosyllabic personal names.

proper noun Pons

  1. A surname.

PON⁵

noun PONs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of passive optical network, technology and standards for fiber-optic broadband access.

Translations

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noun mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles

한국어펑 peong
日本語ポン pon, 碰 pon
中文碰 pèng

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"pon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pon

Chicago

"pon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pon.

BibTeX
@misc{pon_2026,
  title = {pon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}