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pointe

See also: Pointe and pointé

English

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Etymology

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

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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

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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).

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

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pointe c (singular definite pointen, plural indefinite pointer)

  1. point (argument, punchline)

Dutch

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Etymology

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From French pointe.

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

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pointe f or m (plural pointes, no diminutive)

  1. (comedy) punchline
    Synonym: clou

Finnish

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Etymology

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From French.

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pointe

  1. (ballet) pointe

Declension

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

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French

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Etymology 1

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Late Latin pūnctā
French pointe

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

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    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
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    • Haitian Creole: pwent

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    pointe

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

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    Irish

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    Etymology

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

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    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

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    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

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    Mutation

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    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.

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