pont-levis
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French pont levëiz, the two elements ultimately from Latin pontem (“bridge”) and levāre (“lift”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpont-levis m (plural ponts-levis)
Further reading
edit- “pont-levis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.