pontage

== English == === Etymology === From Latin pons, pontis (“a bridge”): compare French pontage. === Noun === pontage (countable and uncountable, plural pontages) (UK, law, obsolete) A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges. === References === “pontage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === eptagon == French == === Etymology === From pont +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔ̃.taʒ/ === Noun === pontage m (plural pontages) (medicine) bypass (an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ) bridge-building === Further reading === “pontage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012