pointe

[ French pwant ]

/ French pwɛ̃t /

noun, plural pointes [French pwant]. /French pwɛ̃t/. Ballet.

the tip of the toe.

a position on the extreme tips of the toes.

Idioms for pointe

on / en pointe, supporting one’s body weight on the extreme tips of the toes:dancing on pointe.Also on / en pointes .

Origin of pointe

1820–30; <French: pointe (du pied) “tiptoe,” literally, “extremity of the foot”

Words nearby pointe

point de gaze, point de Hongrie, point d'esprit, point-device, point duty, pointe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Pointe Claire, pointed, pointed arch

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Example sentences from the Web for pointe

An elegant Custom House on the Pointe replaces an old potash store.
Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2)|William Henry Atherton
After a long paddle of five or six hours we arrived at Pointe des Monts, where rough weather obliged us to put ashore.
Hudson Bay|R.M. Ballantyne
At Malbaie it has wholly ceased; but in the summer of 1796 sixty-two porpoises were killed at "Pointe au Pique."
A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs|George M. Wrong
We doubled a remarkable cape mentioned by Henry as the Pointe aux Grondines.
Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men|Anna Brownell Jameson

The Israelites / as I thincke / ar in this pointe to be folowed.
A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful|Peter Martyr

British Dictionary definitions for pointe

pointe

/ (pɔɪnt) /

noun

ballet the tip of the toe (esp in the phrase on pointes)

Word Origin for pointe

from French: point

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单词	pointe
释义	pointe [ French pwant ] / French pwɛ̃t / noun, plural pointes [French pwant]. /French pwɛ̃t/. Ballet. the tip of the toe. a position on the extreme tips of the toes. Idioms for pointe on / en pointe, supporting one’s body weight on the extreme tips of the toes:dancing on pointe.Also on / en pointes . Origin of pointe 1820–30; <French: pointe (du pied) “tiptoe,” literally, “extremity of the foot” Words nearby pointe point de gaze, point de Hongrie, point d'esprit, point-device, point duty, pointe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Pointe Claire, pointed, pointed arch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pointe An elegant Custom House on the Pointe replaces an old potash store. Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2)\|William Henry Atherton After a long paddle of five or six hours we arrived at Pointe des Monts, where rough weather obliged us to put ashore. Hudson Bay\|R.M. Ballantyne At Malbaie it has wholly ceased; but in the summer of 1796 sixty-two porpoises were killed at "Pointe au Pique." A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs\|George M. Wrong We doubled a remarkable cape mentioned by Henry as the Pointe aux Grondines. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men\|Anna Brownell Jameson The Israelites / as I thincke / ar in this pointe to be folowed. A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful\|Peter Martyr British Dictionary definitions for pointe pointe / (pɔɪnt) / noun ballet the tip of the toe (esp in the phrase on pointes) Word Origin for pointe from French: point Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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