From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
[en] From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. The act or an instance of puncturing.
2. A hole , cut , or tear created by a sharp object.
3. * [issue=190]
4. [en] A hole in a vehicle's tyre , causing the tyre to deflate.
5. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2001 | author=w:Ken Follett | title=w:Jackdaws | publisher=Dutton | isbn=0525946284 | page=340
|passage=Dieter's car had suffered a PUNCTURE on the RN3 road between Paris
and Meaux. A bent nail was stuck in the tire.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | date=July 15 2012 | author=Richard Williams | publisher=Guardian Unlimited | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/15/tour-de-france-2012-bradley-wiggins | title=Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
|passage=A tough test for even the strongest climber, it was new to the Tour
de France this year, but its debut will be remembered for the wrong reasons
after one of those spectators scattered carpet tacks on the road and induced
around 30 PUNCTURES among the group of riders including Bradley Wiggins, the
Tour's overall leader, and his chief rivals.}}
**** Derived terms
{{col|en
|antipuncture|apipuncture|arteriopuncture|cardiopuncture|counterpuncture|cryopuncture|encephalopuncture|galvanopuncture|macropuncture|mesopuncture|micropuncture|multipuncture|pharmacopuncture|postpuncture|puncturable|puncturation|punctureless|punctureproof|renipuncture|repuncture|sonopuncture|vacupuncture|venipuncture|lumbar
puncture|puncture
vine|puncture-wallah|acupuncture|aquapuncture|colorpuncture|electropuncture|laserpuncture}}
**** Translations
[hole, cut or tear]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] ; [in a tyre] [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] [flat tyre]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] [esp. flat tyre]
- Khmer: [km]
- Latin: [la]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To pierce ; to break through; to tear a hole.
2. * [1=en]
3. To destroy the vitality or strength of.
4. * [en]
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[to pierce]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] [repeatedly] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Nanai: [gld]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Santali: [sat]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [dated] , [es] [dated] , [es] , [es] [Chile] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tamil: [ta]
[trans-bottom]
[en]
** Latin
*** Participle
[la]
1. [la]