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point
     1. n. Point.
     2. n. Pointe.
     3. n. Virgule (d'un décimal). (note) En anglais, on utilise un point comme séparateur décimal.
     4. n. But, intérêt, utilité, point.
           What is the point of this conversation?
     5. n. Point de vue, avis, opinion.
           point of view, to make a point
     6. n. (Jeux) Point.
           The winner is the one with the most points.
     7. n. (Ferro) (Royaume-Uni) (en général au pluriel) Aiguillage.
     8. v. Montrer, indiquer, montrer du doigt. Construction : point to something / someone.
           Le vieux monsieur, un peu surpris de cette question, montra sa carte du doigt.
     9. v. Braquer.
           The tourist pointed her camera at the cathedral and took the picture.
     10. v. (Maçonnerie) Jointoyer.



Translations for point and their definitions

pointe
     1. n-f. point
     2. v. singular present of pointer
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of pointer


pointer
     1. v. to point to/at
     2. v. (by extension) to indicate, to show, to point out
     3. v. (arriving) to clock in (US), clock on (UK), to punch in (US); (leaving) to clock out (US), clock off (UK), to punch out (US) (to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card)
     4. v. (informal, takes a reflexive pronoun) to show up, turn up
           On doit se pointer à quelle heure? - What time do we have to show up?
     5. n-m. pointer (dog)


point
     1. n-m. point (small mark)
     2. n-m. (sports) point
     3. n-m. full stop, period (punctuation mark)
     4. n-m. (knitting) stitch pattern
     5. n-m. dot (Morse code symbol)
     6. adv. (literary, dialectal, usually with "ne") not
           Ne craignez point - Fear not
     7. Participle. past participle of poindre
     8. v. third-person singular present indicative of poindre


indiquer
     1. v. to connote (to signify beyond principal meaning)
     2. v. to show, indicate
     3. v. to prescribe
     4. v. to point to, to point out


virgule
     1. n-f. comma (punctuation mark)
     2. n-f. (mathematics) decimal point (see usage notes)
           En Europe continentale, la virgule permet de noter la partie décimale; pi vaut environ 3,1415. - In continental Europe, the comma is used to denote the decimal part; pi is about 3.1415.
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of virguler
     4. v. third-person singular present indicative of virguler
     5. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of virguler
     6. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of virguler
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of virguler


point de vue
     1. n-m. point of view
           D'un point de vue financier, cette proposition était tout à fait acceptable. - From a financial point of view, this proposition was entirely acceptable.


aiguillage ©
     1. n-m. (rail) points
     2. n-m. (rail) shunting, switching


instant
     1. adj. (literary) pressing, insistent
     2. n-m. instant, minute, moment
           en un instant - in an instant
           il n'y a pas un instant à perdre - there's not a moment to spare
           ne durer qu'un instant - to last only an instant
           ne pas douter de quelque chose un seul instant - not to doubt something for a minute
           il ne faut qu'un instant pour le faire - it takes only a minute to do


Flèche
     1. Proper noun. (astronomy) Sagitta, a constellation
     2. n-f. (archery, symbol) arrow (projectile or symbol)
     3. n-f. (architectural element) spire
     4. n-f. jib
     5. n-f. pointer, needle
     6. n-f. (fencing) fleche
     7. n-f. (informal, figuratively) bright spark, quick study
     8. v. first-person singular present of flécher
     9. v. third-person singular present of flécher
     10. v. second-person singular imperative of flécher


But
     1. Proper noun. surname, eq=But
     2. n-m. aim
     3. n-m. goal (result one is attempting to achieve)
     4. n-m. (sports) goal (in the place, act, or point sense)
     5. v. third-person singular past historic of boire


dixième
     1. adj. (ordinal) tenth
     2. n-m. (fractional) tenth


moment
     1. n-m. moment (point in time)
     2. n-m. moment (short period of time)
     3. n-m. a while
           Ça fait un moment que je l'attends - I've been waiting for him for a while
     4. n-m. (physics, mechanics) moment, momentum


péninsule
     1. n-f. peninsula


avis
     1. n-m. opinion
     2. n-m. piece of advice
     3. n-m. notice


aiguille
     1. n-f. (botany, costumery, medicine) needle
           aiguille à tricoter - knitting needle
           de fil en aiguille - one thing leading to another
           chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin - to look for a needle in a haystack
           talon aiguille - stiletto heel
     2. n-f. needle (of a compass)
     3. n-f. hand (of a watch)
           aiguille des secondes - second hand
           aiguille des minutes - minute hand
           aiguille des heure - hour hand
           dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre - clockwise
     4. n-f. spire (of a church)
     5. n-f. (railway) point, switch
     6. v. first-person singular present of aiguiller
     7. v. third-person singular present of aiguiller
     8. v. second-person singular imperative of aiguiller


case ©
     1. n-f. box (on form)
     2. n-f. square (on board game)


objectif
     1. adj. (relational) of a material object; objective
     2. adj. objective; impartial
     3. n-m. objective, goal, aim
     4. n-m. (photography) lens; camera lens


intérêt
     1. n-m. interest (great attention and concern from someone)
     2. n-m. (finance) interest
     3. n-m. point (purpose, objective)
           Je ne vois vraiment pas l'intérêt de faire ça. - I really don't see any point in doing this.


opinion
     1. n-f. opinion (thought, estimation)


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