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Definition of pointe noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pointe

noun
 
/pwæ̃t/
 
/pwæ̃t/
[uncountable]
(also pointes
 
/pwæ̃t/
 
/pwæ̃t/
, points [plural])
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  1. the hard tops of the toes of a kind of shoe that a ballet dancer balances on
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPointe is used before these nouns:
    • shoe
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    Word OriginFrench, literally ‘tip’.
See pointe in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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