pointe
English
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
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: poin‧te
Finnish
Etymology
From French.
Declension
Preferably not inflected. Compound term pointe-asento is used in inflected forms, in which case only asento is inflected.
French
Etymology
From Late Latin puncta, from the feminine form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pwɛ̃t/
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Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
pointe
Further reading
- “pointe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Noun
pointe m (genitive singular pointe, nominative plural pointí)
Declension
Declension of pointe
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (Gaelic games): cúilín
Derived terms
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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