pointe

See also: Pointe and pointé

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pwæ̃t/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /pwɑnt/, /pɔɪnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt, -ɔɪnt

Noun

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
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Etymology 2

Noun

pointe (plural pointes)

  1. Obsolete form of point.

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Danish

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pointe c (singular definite pointen, plural indefinite pointer)

  1. point (argument, punchline)

Dutch

Etymology

From French pointe.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: poin‧te

Noun

pointe f or m (plural pointes, no diminutive)

  1. (comedy) punchline
    Synonym: clou

Finnish

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pointe

  1. (ballet) pointe

Declension

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

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *punéǵti
Proto-Italic *pungō
Latin pungō
Late Latin pūnctā
French pointe

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

    Noun

    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
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • → German: Pointe
    • Haitian Creole: pwent

    Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      pointe

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

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      Irish

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      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

      Declension

      Declension of pointe (fourth declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative pointe pointí
      vocative a phointe a phointí
      genitive pointe pointí
      dative pointe pointí
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an pointe na pointí
      genitive an phointe na bpointí
      dative leis an bpointe
      don phointe       		leis na pointí

      Derived terms

      • pointéir
      • pointiúil

      See also

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of pointe
      radical lenition eclipsis
      pointe phointe bpointe

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      Further reading

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