pointe

See also: Pointe and pointé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pwæ̃t/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (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

Derived terms

• pointe shoe

Related terms

• en pointe

Translations

ballet position

• Finnish: pointe (fi)
• Russian: пуа́нт (ru) m (puánt)

Anagrams

• Petion

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) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰʌjnd̥ə]

Noun

pointe c (singular definite pointen, plural indefinite pointer)

1. point (argument, punchline)

Dutch

Etymology

From French pointe.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: poin‧te

Noun

pointe f or m (plural pointes)

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.

Anagrams

• potien

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwɛ̃t/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

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 (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

• à la pointe
• de pointe
• en pointe
• heure de pointe
• pointe aux âmes
• pointe de vin
• sur la pointe des pieds

Related terms

• point

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• piéton

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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 case singular plural nominative pointe pointí vocative a phointe a phointí genitive pointe pointí dative pointe pointí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pointe na pointí genitive an phointe na bpointí dative leis an bpointe don phointe leis na pointí

Derived terms

• aonphointeach
• déphointeach
• íosphointe
• lárphointe
• pointeáil
• túsphointe

Related terms

• pointéir
• pointiúil

See also

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

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

• 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