pointe
noun /pwæ̃t/
/pwæ̃t/
[uncountable] (also pointes
/pwæ̃t/
/pwæ̃t/
, points [plural])- the hard tops of the toes of a kind of shoe that a ballet dancer balances onOxford Collocations DictionaryPointe is used before these nouns:
- shoe
Word OriginFrench, literally ‘tip’.