pointe
English
Etymology
From French pointe (“point, tip”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
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
Related terms
Translations
ballet position
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: poin‧te
Noun
pointe f or m (plural pointes)
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
From French.
Noun
pointe
- pointe (ballet position)
Declension
Preferably not inflected. Compound term pointe-asento is used in inflected forms, in which case only asento is inflected.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Late Latin puncta, from the feminine form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pointe f (plural pointes)
- point (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
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Verb
pointe
- first-person singular present indicative of pointer
- third-person singular present indicative of pointer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of pointer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of pointer
- second-person singular imperative of pointer
Further reading
- “pointe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
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
- (cricket) point, fielding position between gully and cover
Declension
Declension of pointe
Synonyms
- (Gaelic games): cúilín
Derived terms
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Mutation
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. |
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