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单词 point
释义

point

See also: Point

English

Alternative forms

  • p'int

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) enPR: point, IPA(key): /pɔɪnt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɪnt

Etymology 1

From Middle English point, from Old French point m (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”), substantive use of pūnctus m, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick, punch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”)); alternatively, from Old French pointe f (“sharp tip”), from Latin pūncta f (past participle). Displaced native Middle English ord (“point”), from Old English ord (“point”). Doublet of pointe, punctum, punt, and punto.

Noun

point (plural points)

  1. A discrete division of something.
    1. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality. [from 13th c.]
      The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.
    2. A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. [from 13th c.]
      There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.
      At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.
    3. (archaic) Condition, state. [from 13th c.]
      She was not feeling in good point.
    4. A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition. [from 14th c.]
      I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.
    5. A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
      The point is that we should stay together, whatever happens.
    6. A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful. [from 14th c.]
      Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.
    7. (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit. [14th–17th c.]
      • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:
        full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point.
    8. (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment. [14th–17th c.]
      • 1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum
        When time's first point begun / Made he all souls.|title=Of the Soule of Man and the Immortalitie Thereof
    9. A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position. [from 14th c.]
      We should meet at a pre-arranged point.
    10. (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. [from 14th c.]
    11. A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark. [from 14th c.]
      • 1735, Alexander Pope, The Prologue to the Satires:
        Commas and points they set exactly right.
    12. (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
    13. (by extension) A note; a tune.
      • 1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, OCLC 991895633:
        Sound the trumpet — not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.
    14. A distinguishing quality or characteristic. [from 15th c.]
      Logic isn't my strong point.
    15. (in the plural, dated) The chief or excellent features.
      the points of a horse
      • 1931, Arnold Bennett, The Night Visitor and Other Stories (page 290)
        Knowledge was always useful, and he had frequently heard the words 'Great Portland Street' on the lips of his son, who regularly perused all the twelve automobilistic papers, and who was apparently the most learned pundit and inclusive encyclopædia ever created on the subject of petrol-driven vehicles, their prices, and their innumerable points.
    16. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark. [from 15th c.]
      The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.
    17. (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth. [from 17th c.]
      Possession is nine points of the law.
    18. Short for percentage point.
      • 2013, Louise Levison, Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents (page 67)
        We have yet to touch on the idea of stars and directors receiving gross points, which is a percentage of the studio's gross dollar (e.g., the $5.00 studio share of the total box office dollar in Table 4.1). Even if the points are paid on "first dollar," the reference is only to studio share.
    19. Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc. [from 17th c.]
    20. (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition. [from 18th c.]
      The one with the most points will win the game
    21. (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud). [from 18th c.]
      10.5 is "ten point five", or ten and a half.
    22. (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares. [from 19th c.]
    23. (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era). [from 19th c.]
    24. (UK) An electric power socket. [from 20th c.]
    25. (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
      Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!
    26. (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
    27. (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
  2. A sharp extremity.
    1. The sharp tip of an object. [from 14th c.]
      Cut the skin with the point of the knife.
      • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
        Leaue words & let them feele your lances pointes
    2. Any projecting extremity of an object. [from 14th c.]
    3. An object which has a sharp or tapering tip. [from 14th c.]
      His cowboy belt was studded with points.
    4. (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played. [from 15th c.]
    5. A peninsula or promontory. [from 15th c.]
    6. The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force. [from 16th c.]
      • 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 189:
        Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands.
      1. (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
        • 2013, Erik Schubach, Music of the Soul, volume 1:
          "When do we pull the trigger?" he asked. I was quick to respond, "If Tammy get's Mrs. Wellington to agree, she'll call you in a couple hours. Then just pull out all stops. Tammy has point on this, I don't want to hear from you unless it's an all clear."
        • 2018 July 2, Paul Winfree, “Trump’s economic agenda is unfocused. Here’s how to fix it.”, in Washington Post:
          The president’s senior policy adviser, Stephen Miller, has been point on immigration policy.
        • 2020 July 23, Gabe Lacques, “Dr. Anthony Fauci throws first pitch at Nationals-Yankees MLB opener”, in USA TODAY:
          He captained Regis High School’s 1958 squad, but now runs point on infectious diseases.
        • 2020 August 11, Michelle Karas, “Woodland Park School District plans for Aug. 25 reopening with multiple learning options”, in Pikes Peak Courier:
          Instead of one point-person taking all the parents’ questions, WPSD has “put together coaches and ambassadors to handle calls so one person doesn’t have to handle 2,500 calls,” Woolf said.
    7. Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction. [from 16th c.]
    8. (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
      to fall off a point
    9. Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression. [from 17th c.]
      • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
        There was moreover a hint of the duchess in the infinite point with which, as she felt, she exclaimed: "And this is what you call coming often?"
      • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
        I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
    10. (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch. [from 19th c.]
    11. (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking. [from 19th c.]
      The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.
    12. A tine or snag of an antler.
    13. (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
      tierce point
  3. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
  4. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
  5. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
    • 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 277973588:
      pick your purse while they tie your points, and cut your throat while they smooth your pillow
  6. Lace worked by the needle.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 297:
      He wore a garb rather fanciful, of a silver-grey colour, trimmed with crimson, and a narrow edging of silver; the lace round his throat was of the finest point;...
    point de Venise; Brussels point
  7. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
  8. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
    The dog came to a point.
  9. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
  10. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
  11. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
    • 2005, Marc Marschark, Patricia Elizabeth Spencer, Oxford handbook of deaf studies, language, and education
      […] DCDP children are exposed to more points and gesturelike signs in their linguistic environment […]
  12. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
  13. Short for point man.
  14. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
    1. (cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover. [from 19th c.]
    2. (lacrosse, ice hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
    3. (baseball) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
    4. (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
Synonyms
  • (location or place): location, place, position, spot
  • (in geometry): ord
  • (particular moment in an event or occurrence): moment, ord, time
  • (sharp tip): end, ord, tip
  • (arithmetic symbol): spot, decimal point (name of the symbol; not used when reading decimal fractions aloud)
  • (opinion): opinion, point of view, view, viewpoint
  • (unit of measure of success or failure): mark (in a competition)
  • (color of extremities of an animal):
Hyponyms
  • accidental point
  • accumulation point
  • ballpoint
  • basepoint
  • basis point
  • boiling point
  • boundary point
  • branch point
  • break point
  • brownie point
  • bullet point
  • cardinal point
  • case in point
  • cashpoint
  • charging point
  • cloud point
  • coincidence point
  • commit point
  • compass point
  • consolute point
  • critical point
  • data point
  • decimal point
  • deep point
  • demerit point
  • dew point
  • Didot point
  • double point
  • dropping point
  • drypoint
  • dry point
  • endpoint
  • end point
  • eutectic point
  • experience point
  • fixed point
  • flash point
  • focal point
  • freezing point
  • game point
  • gunpoint
  • high point, highpoint
  • hollow point
  • inflection point
  • infopoint
  • isoelectric point
  • isolated point
  • knifepoint
  • ligature point
  • limit point
  • match point
  • melting point
  • midpoint, mid-point
  • moot point
  • needlepoint
  • nip point
  • operating point
  • ordinary point
  • outpoint
  • percentage point
  • Pica point
  • pivot point
  • power point
  • pressure point
  • reference point
  • seal point
  • set point
  • SharePoint
  • silly point
  • singular point
  • skill point
  • sore point
  • standpoint
  • starting point
  • stationary point
  • sticking point
  • stress point
  • subsolar point
  • take point
  • talking point
  • tipping point
  • transition point
  • trig point
  • triple point
  • turning point
  • vanishing point
  • vantage point
  • waypoint
  • zero point
Derived terms
Terms derived from point (noun) without hyponyms
  • assembly point
  • bursting point
  • choke point, chokepoint
  • colon-point
  • comma-point
  • fixed-point
  • floating-point
  • full-point
  • interrogative-point
  • make a point
  • not to put too fine a point on it
  • one-point
  • parenthesis-point
  • peril point
  • plain point
  • pointable
  • pointed
  • pointer
  • point heater
  • point-in-line
  • pointless
  • point man
  • point-to-point
  • pointwise
  • pointy
  • two-point
"Point" as a part of place names
  • Carmel Point
  • Castle Point
  • Crown Point
  • Elk Point
  • High Point
  • Hinkley Point
  • Point of Ayr
  • Point Pleasant
  • Promontory Point
  • Rouses Point
  • Sea Point
  • Stevens Point
  • Wolf Point
  • beside the point
  • closest point of approach
  • get the point
  • get to the point
  • hit points
  • in point of fact
  • one-point perspective
  • on point
  • on the point of
  • point bar
  • point blank
  • point break
  • point by point
  • point cloud
  • point duty
  • point function
  • point function
  • point group
  • point group
  • point-in-line
  • point man
  • point mass
  • point mutation
  • point of articulation
  • point-of-care imaging
  • point of contact
  • point of fact
  • point of inevitability
  • point of inflection
  • point of inflexion
  • point of no return
  • point of order
  • point of pride
  • point of reference
  • point of sale
  • point of the compass
  • point of view
  • point set
  • point source
  • point taken
  • punctilious
  • punctual
  • punctuate
  • punctuation
  • single point of failure
  • take someone's point
  • three-point line
  • three-point perspective
  • three-point turn
  • to the point
  • two-point perspective
  • what's the point
  • what’s the point?
  • zero-point energy
Descendants
  • → Cantonese: point
  • → Indonesian: poin
  • → Japanese: ポイント (pointo)
  • → Korean: 포인트 (pointeu)
Translations
wall socket — see wall socket
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See also
  • Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for the use of point with these verbs
References
  • point on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English pointen, poynten, from Old French pointier, pointer, poynter,[1] from point from Latin pūnctum.

Verb

point (third-person singular simple present points, present participle pointing, simple past and past participle pointed)

  1. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
    • c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
      Now must the world point at poor Katharine.
    • 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis; John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] (please specify the satire number)”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], OCLC 80026745:
      Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe.
    • 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
      Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.
    It's rude to point at other people.
  2. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
    • 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
      In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
    The arrow of a compass points north
    The skis were pointing uphill.
    The arrow on the map points towards the entrance
  3. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
  4. (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
    to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort
    • 1853, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers (volume 11, page 267)
      Mr. Fitzsimons pointed my attention to an outside car on which was written, "Take warning," or something of that kind, and he pointed that out to me, and drew my attention to it, as a thing likely to intimidate […]
  5. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
    to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral
  6. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
    • 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian:
      Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many heading for the southern hemisphere. Anecdotal evidence points to the same happening in Spain and Italy.
  7. (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
  8. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
  9. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
    • 2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, page 27:
      Damaged stone will be removed, and the new stone installed and pointed to ensure a comprehensive match to maintain the integrity of the structure.
  10. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
    If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.
    • 1715–1720, Homer; [Alexander] Pope, transl., “(please specify the book of the Iliad or chapter quoted from)”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], OCLC 670734254:
      Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them.
  11. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
  12. (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
  13. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
    to point a composition
  14. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
  15. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
  16. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
    Bear off a little, we're pointing.
  17. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
    • 1713, John Gay, The Rural Sports
      He treads with caution, and he points with fear.
  18. (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
  19. (dated) To give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.
    • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, OCLC 999756093:
      He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech.
    • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 85:
      ‘Oh, it is the great defect in our Indian character!’ – and, as if to point his criticism, the lights of the Civil Station appeared on a rise to the right.
Derived terms
  • have a point
  • point at
  • pointer
  • point out
  • point the finger
  • repoint
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English pointen, poynten, by apheresis of apointen, appointen, appoynten.[2] See appoint.

Verb

point (third-person singular simple present points, present participle pointing, simple past and past participle pointed)

  1. (obsolete) To appoint.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
      And he, that points the Centinel his room,
      Doth license him depart at sound of morning Droom.

References

  1. “pointen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. “pointen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 20 January 2020.

Further reading

  • point in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • point in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

  • Pinto, opt in, opt-in, pinot, pinto, piton, potin

Chinese

Etymology

From English point.

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): pon1
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: pon1
      • Yale: pōn
      • Cantonese Pinyin: pon1
      • Guangdong Romanization: pon1
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɔːn⁵⁵/

Noun

point (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. point (of an argument); main idea; argument
    佢個point都幾有道理 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢个point都几有道理 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 go3 pon1 dou1 gei2 jau5 dou3 lei5 [Jyutping]
    His idea makes some sense
    佢講嘢都冇point嘅！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢讲嘢都冇point嘅！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 gong2 je5 dou1 mou5 pon1 ge2! [Jyutping]
    What he is saying does not have any point!
  2. levels in the wage scale
    跳point [Cantonese]  ―  tiu3 pon1 [Jyutping]  ―  to increase in salary by moving up the wage scale

Danish

Etymology

From French point, from Latin pūnctum, the neuter of the participle pūnctus (“pointed”). The French word is also borrowed to pointe, and the Latin word is borrowed to punkt (“dot”) and punktum (“full stop”). See also punktere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʰoˈɛŋ]

Noun

point

  1. a point (in a game)

Declension

Declension of point
neuter
gender		SingularPlural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativepointpointetpointpointene
genitivepointspointetspointspointenes

See also

  • punkt
  • pointe
  • pointere

Further reading

  • “point” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pwɛ̃/
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  • (Quebec) IPA(key): [pwɛ̃ɪ̃]
  • Rhymes: -ɛ̃
  • Homophones: poing, poings, points

Etymology 1

From Middle French poinct (with orthography modified to reflect the Latin etymology), from Old French point, from Latin punctum.

Noun

point m (plural points)

  1. point (small mark)
  2. (sports, games) point
  3. full stop, period (punctuation mark)
  4. (knitting) stitch pattern
  5. dot (Morse code symbol)
Derived terms
  • à bon vin point d'enseigne
  • à méchant ouvrier, point de bon outil
  • à point
  • à point nommé
  • à quel point
  • à tel point que
  • au plus haut point
  • au point
  • au point de
  • deux points
  • en tout point
  • faire le point
  • mal en point
  • marquer un point
  • mettre au point
  • mettre les points sur les i
  • mettre un point d'honneur
  • mise au point
  • point à la ligne
  • point aveugle
  • point barre
  • point cardinal
  • point chaud
  • point commun
  • point d'ancrage
  • point d'Angleterre
  • point d'articulation
  • point d'eau
  • point d'ébullition
  • point de chute
  • point de côté
  • point de départ
  • point de fuite
  • point de fusion
  • point de Lagrange
  • point de libration
  • point de mire
  • point de non retour
  • point de non-retour
  • point d'entrée
  • point de rebroussement
  • point de repère
  • point de rosée
  • point de suture
  • point de vente
  • point de vie
  • point de vue
  • point d'exclamation
  • point d'expérience
  • point d'inflexion
  • point d'interrogation
  • point diplomatique
  • point d'orgue
  • pointer
  • point exclarrogatif
  • point faible
  • point final
  • point fort
  • point G
  • point médian
  • point mort
  • point noir
  • points de suspension
  • point triple
  • point trop n'en faut
  • point virgule
  • sur le point de
  • tout vient à point à qui sait attendre
  • un point c'est tout
  • un point fait à temps en épargne cent
Descendants
  • → Danish: point
  • → Dutch: punt
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: poeng
  • → Persian: پوئن‎ (pu'an)
  • → Polish: pointa
  • → Swedish: poäng
  • → Turkish: puan

Adverb

point

  1. (literary, dialectal, usually with "ne") not
    Synonym: pas(contemporary French)
    Ne craignez point ― Fear not
  • appointer
  • pointe
  • poindre
  • poignant
  • poinçon

Etymology 2

From Old French point, from Latin punctus.

Participle

point (feminine pointe, masculine plural points, feminine plural pointes)

  1. past participle of poindre

Etymology 3

From Latin pungit.

Verb

point

  1. third-person singular present indicative of poindre

Further reading

  • “point”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • piton

Manx

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

point (verbal noun pointeil, past participle pointit)

  1. appoint

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
pointphointboint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French point, from Latin punctum.

Noun

point m (plural points)

  1. (Jersey) full stop, period (punctuation mark)

Derived terms

  • point d'excliamâtion (“exclamation mark”)
  • point d'tchestchionn'nie (“question mark”)
  • point virgule (“semicolon”)

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin punctum.

Noun

point m (oblique plural poinz or pointz, nominative singular poinz or pointz, nominative plural point)

  1. a sting; a prick
  2. moment; time
  3. (on a die) dot
  4. small amount

Adverb

point

  1. a little
  2. (with ne) not (indicates negation)

Descendants

  • Middle French: poinct
    • French: point

Etymology 2

From Latin punctus.

Verb

point

  1. past participle of poindre
Descendants
  • Dutch: pointeren
  • English: point
  • Middle French: poinct
    • French: point
      • Norwegian Bokmål: poeng

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pwɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • Syllabification: point

Noun

point f pl

  1. genitive plural of pointa

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English point.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpõj̃.t͡ʃ(i)/

Noun

point m (plural points)

  1. (Brazil, slang) a location where members of a group usually meet
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