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Pointe

//pwɑnt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe. countable, uncountable

    "2007: Classical dance manages to get along without too many momentous events shuddering beneath its pointe work. — The Guardian 5th Jan 2007, p. 3"

Etymology

From French pointe (“point, tip”). Doublet of point, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.

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