pointe
English edit
Etymology edit
From French pointe (“point, tip”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /pwæ̃t/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /pwɑnt/, /pɔɪnt/
- Rhymes: -ɑnt, -ɔɪnt
Noun edit
pointe (countable and uncountable, plural pointes)
- (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 edit
From French pointe, from Late Latin puncta, the feminine of the participle pūnctus (“pointed”). Cognate with pointe (from French), punkt and punktum (both from Latin punctum), as well as punktere (from Latin punctuo).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [pʰoˈɛŋd̥ə], (proscribed) IPA(key): [ˈpʰʌjnd̥ə]
Noun edit
pointe c (singular definite pointen, plural indefinite pointer)
- point (argument, punchline)
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: poin‧te
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pointe f or m (plural pointes)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From French.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pointe
Declension edit
Preferably not inflected. Compound term pointe-asento is used in inflected forms, in which case only asento is inflected.
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Late Latin puncta, from the feminine form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick”).
Noun edit
pointe f (plural pointes)
- point (clarification of this definition is needed)
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
pointe
- inflection of pointer:
Further reading edit
- “pointe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old French point (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”). Doublet of ponc.
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Noun edit
pointe m (genitive singular pointe, nominative plural pointí)
- dot
- (sports, games, mathematics) point
- (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
- (cricket) point, fielding position between gully and cover
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Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
pointe | phointe | bpointe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pointe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “pointe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “pointe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.