POINTE

Meaning of POINTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpwaⁿ(n)t ]

noun

Etymology: French pointe ( du pied ), literally, tiptoe

Date: 1846

: a ballet position in which the body is balanced on the extreme tip of the toe

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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
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
POINTE — n. (French) point, sharp end; ballet position in which dancers stand on the tip of the toes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
POINTE — pointe BrE AmE pwænt —French [ pwæ̃t ]
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
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
POINTE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
POINTE — noun Pointe is used before these nouns: ↑ shoe
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
POINTE — пуант (в балете) - to dance on * танцевать на пуантах
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
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
POINTE — n. пуант
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POINTE — n. пуант
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POINTE — пуант (в балете) - to dance on * танцевать на пуантах
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POINTE — пуант
Англо-Русский словарь
POINTE — n. Pointe a Pitre Pointe à Pitre Pointe Claire Pointe Noire
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POINTE — n. Pronunciation: ' pwa n (n)t Function: noun Etymology: French pointe ( du pied ), literally, tiptoe Date: 1846 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
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 …
Britannica English vocabulary
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 …
Britannica English vocabulary
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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