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English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishpoynt, fromOld Frenchpoint m(“dot; minute amount”), fromLatinpūnctum(“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”), substantive use ofpūnctus m, perfect passive participle ofpungō(“I prick, punch”); alternatively, fromOld Frenchpointe f(“sharp tip”), fromLatinpūncta f(past participle), all fromProto-Italic*pungō(“to sting, prick”).

Mostly displaced nativeMiddle Englishord(“point”), fromOld Englishord(“point”).Doublet ofpointe,ponto,puncto,punctum,punt, andpunto.

Noun

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point (countable anduncountable,pluralpoints)

  1. Asmalldot ormark.
    1. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.[from 15th c.]
      The stars showed as tinypoints of yellow light.
    2. Afull stop or other terminal punctuation mark.[from 14th c.]
      • 1735, Alexander Pope,The Prologue to the Satires:
        Commas andpoints they set exactly right.
    3. (mathematics) Adecimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).[from 18th c.]
      10.5 is "tenpoint five", or ten and a half.
      0.375 cm is noughtpoint three seven five of a centimeter.
    4. Each of themarks orstrokes written aboveletters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicatevowels, stress etc.[from 17th c.]
    5. (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
    6. (by extension) Anote; atune.
    7. (mathematics, sciences) Azero-dimensionalmathematicalobject representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.[from 14th c.]
  2. Asmalldiscretedivision orindividualfeature of something.
    1. Anindividualelement in alargerwhole; a particulardetail,thought, orquality.[from 13th c.]
      The Congress debated the finerpoints of the bill.
    2. A particularmoment in anevent or occurrence; ajuncture.[from 13th c.]
      There comes apoint in a marathon when some people give up.
      At thispoint in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.
    3. (archaic)Condition,state.[from 13th c.]
      She was not feeling in goodpoint.
    4. Atopic ofdiscussion ordebate; aproposition; acount[from 14th c.]
      I made thepoint that we all had an interest to protect.
    5. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
    7. Afocus ofconversation orconsideration; themainidea.
      Thepoint is that we should stay together, whatever happens.
    8. Apurpose orobjective, which makes somethingmeaningful.[from 14th c.]
      Since the decision has already been made, I see littlepoint in further discussion.
      • 1983 October 31,Genesis, “That's All”, inGenesis‎[1]:
        But I love you / More than I wanted to / There's nopoint in trying to pretend
      • 2023, “What's the Point in Life”, inKilljoy, performed byCoach Party:
        We're all gonna die
        What's thepoint in life
        What's thepoint in life if we all die?
    9. (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; ajot, awhit.[14th–17th c.]
      • 1590, Edmund Spenser,The Faerie Queene, I.ii:
        full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man apoint.
    10. (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; amoment.[14th–17th c.]
      • 1599,John Davies, “Of the Soule of Man and the Immortalitie Thereof”, inNosce Teipsum:
        When time's firstpoint begun / Made he all souls.
    11. A specificlocation or place, seen as a spatial position.[from 14th c.]
      We should meet at a pre-arrangedpoint.
    12. A distinguishingquality orcharacteristic.[from 15th c.]
      Logic isn't my strongpoint.
    13. (in theplural, dated) The chief or excellent features.
      thepoints of a horse
      • 1931, Arnold Bennett,The Night Visitor and Other Stories, page290:
        Knowledge was always useful, and he had frequently heard the words 'Great Portland Street' on the lips of his son, who regularly perused all the twelve automobilistic papers, and who was apparently the most learned pundit and inclusive encyclopædia ever created on the subject of petrol-driven vehicles, their prices, and their innumerablepoints.
    15. (usually in theplural) An area of contrastingcolour on ananimal, especially a dog; a marking.[from 19th c.]
      Thepoint color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.
    16. (now only in phrases) Atenth; formerly also atwelfth.[from 17th c.]
      Possession is ninepoints of the law.
    17. Ellipsis ofpercentage point.
      • 2013, Louise Levison,Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents, page67:
        We have yet to touch on the idea of stars and directors receiving grosspoints, which is a percentage of the studio's gross dollar (e.g., the $5.00 studio share of the total box office dollar in Table 4.1). Even if thepoints are paid on "first dollar," the reference is only to studio share.
    19. (sports, video games, board games) A unit ofscoring in agame orcompetition.[from 18th c.]
      The one with the mostpoints will win the game.
    20. (video games, board games) A unit of variousnumericalparameters used in a game, e.g.health,experience,stamina,mana.
      This attack deals 320points of damage.
      Defeating the boss grants 60 experiencepoints.
    21. (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices ofstocks andshares.[from 19th c.]
    22. (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of apica, or approximately 1/72 of aninch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).[from 19th c.]
    23. (UK) An electricpower socket.[from 20th c.]
    24. (navigation, nautical) Aunit ofbearing equal to one thirty-second of acircle,i.e. 11.25°.
      Ship ahoy, threepoints off the starboard bow!
    25. (UK) Aunit of measure forrain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of aninch.
    26. (automotive, chiefly in theplural) Either of the two metal surfaces in adistributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through theignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
  3. Asharpextremity.
    1. The sharptip of anobject.[from 14th c.]
      Cut the skin with thepoint of the knife.
    2. Any projecting extremity of an object.[from 14th c.]
    3. An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.[from 14th c.]
      His cowboy belt was studded withpoints.
      1. (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
        • 2018,Tim Flannery,Europe: A Natural History:
          Solutreanpoints resemble the canines of the sabre-toothed cats.
      2. (medicine, obsolete) Avaccine point.
    4. (backgammon) Each of thetwelvetriangular positions in eithertable of abackgammonboard, on which thestones are played.[from 15th c.]
    5. Apeninsula orpromontory.[from 15th c.]
    6. The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.[from 16th c.]
      1. (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
        • 2013, Erik Schubach,Music of the Soul, volume 1:
          "When do we pull the trigger?" he asked. I was quick to respond, "If Tammy get's Mrs. Wellington to agree, she'll call you in a couple hours. Then just pull out all stops. Tammy haspoint on this, I don't want to hear from you unless it's an all clear."
        • 2018 July 2, Paul Winfree, “Trump’s economic agenda is unfocused. Here’s how to fix it.”, inWashington Post:
          The president’s senior policy adviser, Stephen Miller, has beenpoint on immigration policy.
        • 2020 July 23, Gabe Lacques, “Dr.Anthony Fauci throws first pitch at Nationals-Yankees MLB opener”, inUSA TODAY:
          He captained Regis High School’s 1958 squad, but now runspoint on infectious diseases.
        • 2020 August 11, Michelle Karas, “Woodland Park School District plans for Aug. 25 reopening with multiple learning options”, inPikes Peak Courier:
          Instead of onepoint-person taking all the parents’ questions, WPSD has “put together coaches and ambassadors to handle calls so one person doesn’t have to handle 2,500 calls,” Woolf said.
      2. Ellipsis ofpoint man.
    7. Each of the main directions on acompass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.[from 16th c.]
    8. (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
      to fall off apoint
    9. Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality ofexpression.[from 17th c.]
      • 1897,Henry James,What Maisie Knew:
        There was moreover a hint of the duchess in the infinitepoint with which, as she felt, she exclaimed: "And this is what you call comingoften?"
      • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
        I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had apoint to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
    10. (rail transport, UK, in theplural) Arailroad switch.[from 19th c.]
    11. Atine orsnag of anantler.
    12. (heraldry) One of the "corners" of theescutcheon: thebase (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter,point dexter base,point sinister,point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured.(Compareterrace,point champaine,enté en point.)
      This is sometimes blazonedargent, four points gules; otherwise, it isvêtu.
    13. (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to apile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from thebase.(Often termed apoint pointed.)
      • 1828, William Berry,Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry:
        Thepoint, according to Edmondson, (meaning the point pointed,) is an ordinary somewhat resembling the pile, issuing from the base, as in Plate VII. fig. 24, and is sometimes termed a base point pointed, but the word base is superfluous, as that is the proper place of the point; […]
  4. The act ofpointing.
    1. The act of pointing, as of thefootdownward in certaindance positions.
    2. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
      • 2005, Marc Marschark, Patricia Elizabeth Spencer,Oxford handbook of deaf studies, language, and education:
        […] DCDP children are exposed to morepoints and gesturelike signs in their linguistic environment[…]
    3. The attitude assumed by apointerdog when he findsgame.
      The dog came to apoint.
    4. (falconry) Theperpendicular rising of ahawk over the place where itsprey has gone into cover.
    5. (fencing) Amovement executed with thesabre orfoil.
      tiercepoint
  5. (nautical) A short piece ofcordage used inreefingsails.
  6. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
  7. Lace worked by the needle.
    point de Venise; Brusselspoint
  8. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
    1. (cricket, countable, uncountable) Afieldingpositionsquare of thewicket on theoff side, betweengully andcover.[from 19th c.]
    2. (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of thegoalkeeper.
    3. (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of thepitcher andcatcher.
    4. (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
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Terms derived frompoint (noun) without hyponyms (some (lots...) may actually be hyponyms)
"Point" as a part of place names
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Translations
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element in larger whole
particular moment in an event or occurrence
archaic: condition, state
opinion which adds to the discussion
a focus of conversation or consideration
purpose or objective
smallest quantity of something
tiny amount of time
location or place
geometry: zero-dimensional object
full stop
distinguishing quality
something tiny
tenth part—see alsotenth
mark or stroke above letter
unit of scoring in a game or competition
arithmetic: decimal point (note: many languages use a comma (',') rather than a dot as a decimal point, and hence the translations into these languages reflect this.)
economics: unit of change
typography: unit of size
wall socket—seewall socket
sharp tip
any projecting extremity
object with sharp tip
backgammon: one of the twelve triangular positions
peninsula or promontory—see alsopeninsula,‎promontory
position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force
compass point
railroad switch
area of contrasting color
cricket: fielding position between gully and cover
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Interjection

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point

  1. point taken;understood;got it
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishpointen,poynten, fromOld Frenchpointier,pointer,poynter,[1] frompoint fromLatinpūnctum.

Verb

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point (third-person singular simple presentpoints,present participlepointing,simple past and past participlepointed)

  1. (intransitive) To extend theindex finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
    It's rude topoint at other people.
  2. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
    The arrow of a compasspoints north
    The skis werepointing uphill.
    The arrow on the mappoints towards the entrance
    • 2013 June 7,Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume188, number26, page 6:
      In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heynspoints to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
  3. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
  4. (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
    topoint a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort
    • 1853, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,Parliamentary Papers, volume11, page267:
      Mr. Fitzsimonspointed my attention to an outside car on which was written, "Take warning," or something of that kind, and he pointed that out to me, and drew my attention to it, as a thing likely to intimidate[…]
  5. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
    topoint a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral
  6. (intransitive) Toindicate a probability of something.
    • 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, inthe Guardian:
      Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many heading for the southern hemisphere. Anecdotal evidencepoints to the same happening in Spain and Italy.
  7. (ambitransitive, masonry) To repairmortar.
  8. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
  9. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
    • 2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, inRail, page27:
      Damaged stone will be removed, and the new stone installed andpointed to ensure a comprehensive match to maintain the integrity of the structure.
  10. (transitive) Todirect orencourage (someone) in a particular direction.
    If he asks for food,point him toward the refrigerator.
  11. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with adecimal point.
  12. (transitive) To mark withdiacritics.
  13. (dated) To supply withpunctuation marks; topunctuate.
    topoint a composition
  14. (transitive, computing) To direct thecentral processing unit to seek information at a certain location inmemory.
  15. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to adomain name to theIP address corresponding to that domain name.
  16. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
    Bear off a little, we'repointing.
  17. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence ofgame by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
    • 1713,[John] Gay,Rural Sports. A Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […],→OCLC,page16:
      Novv the vvarm Scent aſſures the Covey near, / He[the dog] treads vvith Caution, and hepoints vvith Fear;[…]
  18. (medicine, of anabscess) To approximate to thesurface; tohead.
  19. (dated) To givepoint to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.
    • 1852 March –1853 September,Charles Dickens,Bleak House, London:Bradbury and Evans, […], published1853,→OCLC:
      Hepoints it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech.
    • 1924,EM Forster,A Passage to India, Penguin, published2005, page85:
      ‘Oh, it is the great defect in our Indian character!’ – and, as if topoint his criticism, the lights of the Civil Station appeared on a rise to the right.
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to extend finger
to face in a particular direction or some object
to direct, aim—see alsoaim,‎direct,‎target,‎lock on
to direct or encourage in a particular direction

Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishpointen,poynten, byapheresis ofapointen,appointen,appoynten.[2] Seeappoint.

Verb

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point (third-person singular simple presentpoints,present participlepointing,simple past and past participlepointed)

  1. (obsolete) Toappoint.

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  1. ^“pointen,v.(1).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2018, retrieved20 January 2020.
  2. ^“pointen,v.(2).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2018, retrieved20 January 2020.

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Chinese

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Etymology

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FromEnglishpoint.

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point(Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. point(of an argument);mainidea;argument
    佢個point都幾有道理[Cantonese,trad.]
    佢个point都几有道理[Cantonese,simp.]
    keoi5 go3pon1 dou1 gei2 jau5 dou6 lei5[Jyutping]
    Hisidea makes some sense
    佢講嘢都冇point嘅！[Cantonese,trad.]
    佢讲嘢都冇point嘅！[Cantonese,simp.]
    keoi5 gong2 je5 dou1 mou5pon1 ge2![Jyutping]
    What he is saying does not have anypoint!
  2. levels in thewage scale
    跳point[Cantonese]  ― tiu3pon1[Jyutping]  ―  to increase in salary by moving up the wage scale

Danish

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Etymology

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FromFrenchpoint, fromLatinpūnctum, the neuter of the participlepūnctus(“pointed”).Doublet ofpointe,punkt, andpunktum, and cognate withpunktere (fromLatinpunctuo).

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point

  1. apoint(in a game)

Declension

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Declension ofpoint
neuter
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativepointpointetpointpointene
genitivepointspointetspointspointenes

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French

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Pronunciation

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Particularly: "Quebec pronunciation"

Etymology 1

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Inherited fromMiddle Frenchpoinct (with orthography modified to reflect the Latin etymology), fromOld Frenchpoint, fromLatinpunctum.

Noun

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point m (pluralpoints)

  1. point (small mark)
  2. (sports, games)point
  3. full stop,period(punctuation mark)
  4. (knitting)stitchpattern
  5. dot(Morse code symbol)
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Adverb

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point

  1. (literary, dialectal, usually with "ne")not
    Synonym:pas(contemporary French)
    Ne craignezpoint ―Fearnot

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Etymology 2

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Inherited fromOld Frenchpoint, fromLatinpunctus.

Participle

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point (femininepointe,masculine pluralpoints,feminine pluralpointes)

  1. pastparticiple ofpoindre

Etymology 3

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From Latinpungit.

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point

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofpoindre

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Manx

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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point (verbal nounpointeil,past participlepointit)

  1. appoint

Mutation

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Mutation ofpoint
radicallenitioneclipsis
pointphointboint

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Norman

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchpoint, fromLatinpunctum.

Noun

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point m (pluralpoints)

  1. (Jersey)full stop,period(punctuation mark)

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Old French

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinpunctum.

Noun

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pointoblique singular, m (oblique pluralpoinzorpointz,nominative singularpoinzorpointz,nominative pluralpoint)

  1. asting; aprick
  2. moment;time
  3. (on a die)dot
  4. smallamount

Adverb

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point

  1. a little
  2. (withne)not(indicates negation)

Descendants

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Etymology 2

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FromLatinpunctus.

Verb

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point

  1. pastparticiple ofpoindre
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Polish

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Noun

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point f pl

  1. genitiveplural ofpointa

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishpoint.Doublet ofponto.

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Noun

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point m (pluralpoints)

  1. (Brazil, slang) a location where members of a group usually meet
    Synonym:spot(Portugal)

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