# pointe
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /pwæ̃t/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /pwɑnt/, /pɔɪnt/
* Rhymes: -ɑnt, -ɔɪnt

### 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

#### Derived terms

* pointe shoe

#### Related terms

* en pointe

#### Translations
### 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: [pʰoˈɛŋd̥ə], (proscribed) IPA: [ˈpʰʌjnd̥ə]

### Noun

pointe c (singular definite pointen, plural indefinite pointer)
* point (argument, punchline)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From French pointe.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: poin‧te

### Noun

pointe f or m (plural pointes)
* (comedy) punchline
    Synonym: clou

## Finnish
### Etymology

From French.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpwɑnt/, [ˈpwɑ̝n̪t̪]
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Noun

pointe
* (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: /pwɛ̃t/
* Audio:(file)

### 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)
* point (the sharp tip of an object)
* a cylindrical nail without a head or with a very small one
* a small quantity

##### 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
* inflection of pointer:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** 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: /ˈpˠiːn̠ʲtʲə/
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈpˠɪn̠ʲtʲə/

### 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
    Synonym: cúilín
* (cricket) point, fielding position between gully and cover

#### 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 :

#### Derived terms

* aonphointeach
* déphointeach
* íosphointe
* lárphointe
* pointeáil
* túsphointe

#### Related terms

* pointéir
* pointiúil

#### See also

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

### Mutation

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