punctum
French, noun
punctum is spelled P-U-N-C-T-U-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punctum is a French masculine noun meaning “field of vision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Champ de vision”.
What does punctum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefield of vision
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Champ de vision.
noun: 1. Neume représentant un point.
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 punctum
- punctums plural
- puncta plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce punctum?
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is punctum in French?
punctum appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).