pointe
noun/pwæ̃t/
/pwæ̃t/
[uncountable] (also pointes
/pwæ̃t/
/pwæ̃t/
, points [plural])- the hard tops of the toes of a kind of shoe that a ballet dancer balances onOxford Collocations DictionaryPointe is used before these nouns:
- shoe
Word OriginFrench, literally ‘tip’.Definitions on the go
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