Dupont

See also: Du Pont and DuPont

English

Alternative forms

• DuPont

Etymology

Borrowed from French Dupont.

Proper noun

Dupont (countable and uncountable, plural Duponts)

1. A surname from French.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Colorado, named after the DuPont company.
   2. A town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, named after the Du Pont family.
   3. An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, named, for want of a name, after a box of Dupont shotgun shells.
   4. A village in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Samuel Francis Du Pont.
   5. A borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, named after the Dupont Explosives company.
   6. A rural community within Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee, said to be derived from dew point.
   7. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dupont”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 501.
• Forebears

French

Etymology

du + pont (“bridge”). Most prevalent in Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.pɔ̃/

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Homophones: dupons, Dupond, Du Pont

Proper noun

Dupont m or f by sense

1. a common, generic French surname

Derived terms

• Dupont de Ligonnès
• Jean Dupont

 

Further reading

• filae.com
• Forebears (French)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Dupont.

Proper noun

Dupont m or f by sense

1. a surname from French