pointilleux
French, adjective/pwɛ̃.ti.jø/
pointilleux is spelled P-O-I-N-T-I-L-L-E-U-X (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pointilleux is a French adjective meaning “punctilious, finicky, pernickety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui aime à pointiller ou à reprendre ; qui élève des difficultés sur des choses insignifiantes ; qui…”.
What does pointilleux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
punctilious, finicky, pernickety
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui aime à pointiller ou à reprendre ; qui élève des difficultés sur des choses insignifiantes ; qui s’attache à des points de détail.
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 pointilleux
- pointilleuse feminine
- pointilleuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pointilleux?
- /pwɛ̃.ti.jø/
- \pwɛ̃.ti.jø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pointilleux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pointilleux in French?
pointilleux appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).