punct

English

Noun

punct (plural puncts)

  1. (archaic) A point.
    • 1919, Alfred North Whitehead, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, page 119:
      Puncts on a rect have an order which is derivative from the order of moments in a time-system and which connects the orders of various time-systems.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pūnctum (18th century). Cf. also the doublet pont, which arrived through the intermediate of Hungarian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /punkt/

Noun

punct n (plural puncte)

  1. point
  2. dot, period
  3. degree, extent
  4. point of view (punct de vedere).
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