EN POINTE

Meaning of EN POINTE in English

■ adjective & adverb Ballet on the tips of the toes.

Origin

from Fr.

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EN POINTE — Пуант
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
EN — en- prefixo [ em- before -b-, -m-, -p-, -ph- ; used chiefly to form technical terms] en-, em- (= in, …
Interlingua English vocab
POINTE — noun Etymology: French ~ (du pied), literally, tiptoe Date: 1846 a ballet position in which the body is balanced on …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Aix en Provence Wu Ch'eng en Chou En lai
Английский словарь Британика
EN- — I. prefix also em- Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin in-, im-, from in — more at in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EN — I. ˈen noun ( -s ) 1. : the letter n 2. : the set dimension of an en quad …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-EN — I. _ən, ə n sometimes ə m after p, b, f, or v sometimes ə ŋ after k or g …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POINTE — ˈpwaⁿt, ˈpwant noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, literally, point (sharp end) — more at point 1. ballet : the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POINTE — Fr. /pwaonnt/ , n. , pl. pointes Fr. /pwaonnt/ . Ballet. 1. the tip of the toe. 2. a position …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-EN — -en 1 a suffix formerly used to form transitive and intransitive verbs from adjectives ( fasten; harden; sweeten ), or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EN- — en- 1 a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from French and productive in English on this model, forming verbs with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EN — /en/ , n. 1. the letter N, n. 2. Also called nut . Print. half of the width of an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POINTE — n. (French) point, sharp end; ballet position in which dancers stand on the tip of the toes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EN- — I. prefix also em- in also en; sometimes only in is shown when en is infrequent Etymology: Middle English, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-EN — I. adjective suffix also -n Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German -īn made of, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POINTE — noun Etymology: French pointe ( du pied ), literally, tiptoe Date: 1846 : a ballet position in which the body …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EN- — a prefix from ·gr. / in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. ·see in-. 2. en- ·- a prefix signifying in …
Webster English vocab
-EN — an adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden. 2. -en ·- the termination of the past participle …
Webster English vocab
POINTE — [ pwa~t \] ■ noun ( plural pronounced same) Ballet the tips of the toes. ↘(also ~ work ) dancing …
Concise Oxford English vocab
POINTE — [pointe] n [F pointe (du pied), lit., tiptoe] (1846): a ballet position in which the body is balanced on the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EN- — [en-] also em- prefix [ME, fr. OF, fr. L in-, im-, fr. in] 1: put into or onto "enthrone": cover …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EN — [en] n (1792) 1: the width of a piece of type half the width of an em 2: the letter …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-EN — [-en] also -n adj suffix [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG -in made of, L -inus of or belonging to, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POINTE — pointe BrE AmE pwænt —French [ pwæ̃t ]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EN- — en- BrE AmE ɪn ən, (¦)en —This prefix is stressed ¦en if the following syllable is unstressed ( ˌ enhar …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EN — I en printer's measure BrE AmE en ▷ ens enz II en in French phrases BrE AmE ɒ̃ ɒn, ɑːn …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POINTE — / pwæ͂t; NAmE / noun [ U ] (also pointes / pwæ͂t/ points [ pl. ]) the hard tops of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POINTE — pointe BrE AmE , pointes /pwænt $ pwɑːnt/ noun [uncountable] if ↑ ballet dancers are on pointe, they are dancing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EN- — en- /ɪn, en/ BrE AmE prefix [in verbs] [ Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin in- , from in 'in' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EN- — prefix (also em- before b, p) forming verbs, = IN-(1): 1 from nouns, meaning 'put into or on' (engulf; entrust; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EN — n. Printing a unit of measurement equal to half an em. en rule (or dash) a short dash used in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EN- — 1. prefix (also em- before b, p) forming verbs, IN-(1): 1. from nouns, meaning 'put into or on' (engulf; entrust; …
Oxford English vocab
EN — n. Printing a unit of measurement equal to half an em. Phrases and idioms: en rule (or dash) a short …
Oxford English vocab
EN- — Pronounced /ɪn-/ or /en-/ especially in American English. En- is added to words to form verbs that describe the process …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POINTE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Elaine Fifield did not always keep her feet fully pointed nor knees stretched, even when …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EN — route [adverb] [not gradable] - on the way (to or from somewhere)I stopped at a shop en route (to the …
Cambridge English vocab
EN — Aix en Provence Wu Ch'eng en Chou En lai
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EN — en masse mise en scene mise en scène
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POINTE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
POINTE — noun Pointe is used before these nouns: ↑ shoe
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EN — [Mesopotamian] The Sumerian title for 'lord' or 'god'. The word forms a component of several names of gods, such as …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
POINTE — пуант (в балете) - to dance on * танцевать на пуантах
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EN — эн, название буквы N (полиграфия) буква "n" как типографская единица системы мер (соответствует полукруглой) (французское) в, как, по - * …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POINTE — n пуант ( в балете ) to dance on pointe - танцевать на пуантах
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EN — _I en n 1. эн, название буквы N 2. полигр. буква n как типографская единица системы мер ( соответствует полукруглой …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POINTE — (0) пуэнт
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
POINTE — n пуант ( в балете ) to dance on ~ - танцевать на пуантах
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
POINTE — n пуант ( в балете ) to dance on pointe - танцевать на пуантах
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EN — _I en n 1. эн, название буквы N 2. полигр. буква n как типографская единица системы мер ( соответствует полукруглой …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POINTE — n. пуант
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POINTE — n. пуант
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EN — _I en _n. 1> название буквы N 2> _полигр. буква _n. как единица измерения печатной строки (соответствует полукруглой) _II i:n …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
POINTE — пуант (в балете) - to dance on * танцевать на пуантах
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POINTE — пуант
Англо-Русский словарь
POINTE-À-PITRE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — Airport Name : Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport Airport Location : Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France IATA Code : PTP ICAO Code : TFFR
Airport Code English Dictionary
POINTE-NOIRE AERODROME — Airport Name : Pointe-Noire Aerodrome Airport Location : Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo IATA Code : PNR ICAO Code : …
Airport Code English Dictionary
DEMI-POINTE — /dem'ee poynt"/ ; Fr. /deuh mee pwaonnt"/ , n. , pl. demi-pointes /-poynts"/ ; Fr. /-pwaonnt"/ . Ballet. a position …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POINTE-NOIRE — town (commune), principal port of Congo (Brazzaville). It lies at the Atlantic coastal terminus of the Congo-Ocean Railway, 95 miles …
Britannica English vocabulary
POINTE--PITRE — principal town and arrondissement of the French overseas dpartement of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea. The town lies on the …
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GROSSE POINTE — name applied to five exclusive northeastern residential communities of Detroit, Wayne county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. On the southwestern shore of …
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TFFR — Airport Name : Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport Airport Location : Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France IATA Code : PTP ICAO Code : TFFR
Airport Code English Dictionary
BALLET POSITION — any of the five positions of the feet fundamental to all classical ballet. The term may also denote the various …
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CONGO RIVER — The Congo River basin and its drainage network. also called Zaire River, river in west-central Africa. With a length of …
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