Our pointer took off after a big deer.
Source: tatoeba (247698)
Pointer
/ˈpɔɪn.tə/
Synonyms for "pointer" (106 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (53)
Noun(18 words)
Adjective(2 words)
informal tipsspanish consejo
Related word relations
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More general
11 entriesMore specific
3 entriesCollocations
5 entriescomputer pointerlaser pointermouse pointeron screen pointerpointer finger
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 20 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- күрһәткес noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Belarusian
1 entries- ука́зка noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Bulgarian
1 entries- показа́лка noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 指示棍 noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
- 教鞭 noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Finnish
1 entries- osoitin noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
French
2 entries- aiguille noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
- baguette noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
German
2 entries- Zeigestab noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
- Zeigestock noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Hungarian
1 entries- mutató noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Italian
1 entries- bacchetta noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Japanese
3 entries- 指し棒 noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
- 教鞭 noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
- 文字さし noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Korean
1 entries- 지시봉 noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Malay
1 entries- penuding noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- nîşanderk noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Polish
1 entries- wskaźnik noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Portuguese
1 entries- ponteiro noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Russian
2 entries- ука́зка noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
- указа́тель noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Spanish
1 entries- puntero noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Thai
1 entries- ไม้ชี้ noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ука́зка noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Vietnamese
1 entries- que chỉ noun (anything that points or is used for pointing)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
The compass pointer always seeks north.
Source: tatoeba (324981)
The Russian goalkeeper was struck by a laser pointer.
Source: tatoeba (3347089)
It's illegal to shine a laser pointer at an airplane.
Source: tatoeba (3347094)
Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.