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

the Pond

1. Alternative letter-case form of the pond (“the Atlantic Ocean”).
   • 2002 October 13, Renee Vogel, “Queenly Succession”, in Los Angeles Times‎, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 December 2025:

     The legendary liner is retiring from transatlantic sailing after 33 years of crossing the Pond between New York and Southampton, England.

   • 2010 October 8, Kevin Rushby, “Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester – review”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 January 2014:

     The Pond, as it is dismissively known, is certainly in need of a revamp. Its waters have been despoiled and plundered to the brink of disaster – and in the case of the Grand Banks cod fishery, sent over that edge into deathly extinction.

   • 2012 October 10, Alex Williams, “Americans Are Barmy Over Britishisms”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 October 2012:

     Perhaps it is a reflection of a larger cultural shift. Arguably, the distance between Britain and the United States (please, not the Pond) is as small as it has ever been.

   • 2017 February 8, Deb Amlen, “Monumental Work”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 February 2017:

     We have the ATLANTIC OCEAN running down the center of our grid today and, on either side of the “Pond,” Mr. Trudeau has managed to symmetrically place the British and American English equivalents for four words.

Derived terms

• across the Pond
• Pondian

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.

   • 2025 July 22, Max Pond, “What is Durfing? (Explained by a Mormon)”, in LDS Quotations‎, archived from the original on 22 December 2025:

     Hi, I’m Max Pond. I’m an active mormon, or member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Derived terms

• Greenspond

Anagrams

• DNOP

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)