pointe

From French pointe (“point, tip”). Doublet of point, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pwæ̃t/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pwɑnt/, /pɔɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɑnt, -ɔɪnt

pointe (countable and uncountable, plural pointes)

1. (ballet) The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.
   • 2007: Classical dance manages to get along without too many momentous events shuddering beneath its pointe work. — The Guardian 5th Jan 2007, p. 3

• pointe shoe

• en pointe

• Petion

From French pointe, from Late Latin puncta, the feminine of the participle pūnctus (“pointed”). Doublet of point, punkt, and punktum, and cognate with punktere (from Latin punctuo).

• IPA^(key): [pʰoˈɛŋd̥ə]; (proscribed) [ˈpʰʌjnd̥ə]

pointe c (singular definite pointen, plural indefinite pointer)

1. point (argument, punchline)

From French pointe.

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• Hyphenation: poin‧te

pointe f or m (plural pointes)

1. (comedy) punchline

   Synonym: clou

From French.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpwɑnt/, [ˈpwɑ̝n̪t̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

pointe

1. (ballet) pointe

Preferably not inflected. Compound term pointe-asento is used in inflected forms, in which case only asento is inflected.

• potien

• IPA^(key): /pwɛ̃t/

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Inherited from Late Latin puncta, from the feminine form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick”).

pointe f (plural pointes)

1. point (the sharp tip of an object)
2. a cylindrical nail without a head or with a very small one
3. a small quantity

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pointe

1. inflection of pointer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

• piéton

From Old French point (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”). Doublet of ponc.

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠiːn̠ʲtʲə/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɪn̠ʲtʲə/

pointe m (genitive singular pointe, nominative plural pointí)

1. dot
2. (sports, games, mathematics) point
3. (Gaelic games) point, scored by driving the ball over the crossbar of the goalpost, as opposed to a goal, worth three points, scored by driving the ball under the crossbar

   Synonym: cúilín

4. (cricket) point, fielding position between gully and cover

• pointéir
• pointiúil

• (Gaelic games): báire, cúl
• (cricket): ponc

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pointe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pointe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pointe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025