# ponce
## English
### Etymology 1

Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɒns/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒns

#### Noun

ponce (plural ponces) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang)
* A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
** Synonym of kept man. [1859]
** Synonym of pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver. [1872]
* Synonym of poof: an effeminate gay man; any similarly effeminate man. [1932]
** 2000, Sexy Beast (motion picture), spoken by Don Logan (Ben Kingsley):Thanks Don, see you Don, off to sunny Spain now Don, fuck off Don. Lying in your pool like a fat blob laughing at me, you think I'm gonna have that? You really think I'm gonna have that, ya ponce.

##### Synonyms

* (kept man): cicisbeo, sugar baby
* (pimp): fleshmonger, hustler, mack; see also Thesaurus:pimp
* (effeminate gay man): fairy, nelly; see also Thesaurus:gay man
* (effeminate man): cockney, girlyman, quiche-eater; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man

##### Derived terms

* ponce wheel
* poncy

##### Translations
#### Verb

ponce (third-person singular simple present ponces, present participle poncing, simple past and past participle ponced) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang)
* To act as a pimp.
* (by extension) To try to get rid of or sell something.
* To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it.
* To cadge.
* (derogatory) To behave in a posh or effeminate manner.
** 1992, Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide:The interior was warm and dim, cluttered with flying brass pigs and poncing felt mannequins.

##### Synonyms

* (to act as a pimp): hustle, whore out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out

### Etymology 2

From French panse (“belly”).

#### Noun

ponce (plural ponces)
* (Louisiana) The stomach of a pig, especially when stuffed as chaudin (a Louisianan food).
** 1973, Mercedes Vidrine, Louisiana Lagniappe, Claitor's Law Books and Publishing, →ISBN, page 23:STUFFED "PONCE" 1 small hog ponce 3 lbs . ground pork 1 large bell pepper, chopped 1 large onion head chopped […]
** 2016, George Graham, Acadiana Table: Cajun and Creole Home Cooking from the Heart of Louisiana, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 258:[…] before Escoffier and the five mother sauces, even before Brillat-Savarin, French Acadian cooks in South Louisiana kitchens prepared ponce.

### Anagrams

* Copen, NOPEC

## French
### Etymology

From Latin pūmex (via a Late Latin pōmex).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ̃s/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ponce f (plural ponces)
* pumice
* (Quebec) hot alcoholic beverage made with gin or rum

#### Related terms

* poncer
* poncif

### Further reading

* “ponce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* poncio

### Etymology

Borrowed from English punch, from Hindi पाँच (pā̃c, “five”), because of the drink's original five ingredients (spirits, water, lemon juice, sugar, and spice), from Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔn.t͡ʃe/
* Rhymes: -ɔntʃe
* Hyphenation: pòn‧ce

### Noun

ponce m (uncountable)
* punch (beverage)

### Further reading

* ponce in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana