pivote
See also: pivoté
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: pivotent, pivotes
Verb
pivote
- inflection of pivoter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Interlingua
Noun
pivote (plural pivotes)
- pivot
Spanish
![](Images/wiktionary/Stainless_steel_bollard_SSP150.JPG.webp)
Stainless steel bollards
Etymology 1
From French pivot.
Noun
pivote m (plural pivotes)
- pivot (a thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle)
- bollard (a strong vertical post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes)
- Synonym: bolardo
Noun
pivote m or f (plural pivotes)
- (basketball) center (US, CA), centre (UK) (the player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket)
- Synonym: pívot
- (handball) circle runner, pivot
- (soccer) pivot, defensive midfielder
- Synonyms: mediocampista defensivo, centrocampista defensivo
Verb
pivote
- inflection of pivotar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “pivote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “pivote” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.