pointure
French, noun/pwɛ̃.tyʁ/
pointure is spelled P-O-I-N-T-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 27,734th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pointure is a French feminine noun meaning “shoe size” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dimension exprimée en point d’un objet quelconque”.
What does pointure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshoe size
Quelle pointure faites-vous?
- 2
colloquialfemininemaster, expert, dab hand; big name (person very skilled at doing something)
Il paraît que c'est une pointure en informatique.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dimension exprimée en point d’un objet quelconque. 2. Nombre qui indique la taille des chaussures, des gants, des chapeaux… 3. Personne qui excelle dans une discipline. 4. Pointe permettant la fixation et l'entraînement du papier sur un cylindre.
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 pointure
- pointures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pointure?
- /pwɛ̃.tyʁ/
- \pwɛ̃.tyʁ\
- [pwɛ̃.tyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pointure in French?
pointure appears 1.2 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).