pointeau
French, noun/pwɛ̃.to/
pointeau is spelled P-O-I-N-T-E-A-U (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pointeau is a French masculine noun meaning “punch, centrepunch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Outil d’acier qui possède une pointe conique”.
What does pointeau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepunch, centrepunch
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Outil d’acier qui possède une pointe conique. 2. Tige pointue qui commande l’arrivée de l’essence dans la cuve du carburateur. 3. Employé chargé de la vérification des heures de présence des ouvriers d'après les cartons, jetons ou feuilles de pendules permettant le calcul des éléments nécessaires à l'établissement de la fiche de paie. – (site web /legimobile.fr)
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 pointeau
- pointeaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pointeau?
- /pwɛ̃.to/
- \pwɛ̃.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pointeau in French?
pointeau appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).