pointe
French, noun
pointe is spelled P-O-I-N-T-E (6 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written French, the 1,857th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pointe is a French feminine noun meaning “point (the sharp tip of an object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pointer. With an accent, pointé is a different word: “dotted (with a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Extrémité piquante et aigüe de quelque chose que ce soit”.
What does pointe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepoint (the sharp tip of an object)
- 2
femininea cylindrical nail without a head or with a very small one
- 3
femininea small quantity
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
dotted (with a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by half of the basic note)
verb
- 1
past participle of pointer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Extrémité piquante et aigüe de quelque chose que ce soit. 2. Instrument de fer ou d’acier qui servent à différents usages. 3. Manière d’opérer avec la pointe. 4. Petit clou long et mince, sans tête ou à tête très petite.
adjective: 1. Caractérise une note ou un silence suivi d’un point de prolongation, indiquant que sa longueur rythmique est prolongée de moitié.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pointe
- pointes plural
- pointée feminine
- pointés masculine plural
- pointées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pointe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pointe in French?
pointe appears 45 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).