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English-French Dictionary: pointe

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	NOUN	la pointe \| les pointes
	VERB	pointer \| pointe \| avoir pointé \| pointant

pointe {f}: point [tip]
tip [point]
pointed end [tip]
spike [sharp point]
pointe {f} [avancée]: advanced partymil.
pointe {f} [clou]: nailoutil.tech.
pointe {f} [d'une machine-outil]: coneoutil.tech.
pointe {f} [moquerie]: tauntling.
barb [taunt]ling.
pointe {f} [mot d'esprit]: witticismling.
pointe {f} [petite quantité - d'ail]: hint [small quantity, trace]cuis.
pointe {f} [vêtement]: headscarf [folded so as to form a triangle]vêt.
pointe {f} [volleyball]: spike [volleyball]sport
de pointe {adj}: cutting-edge
state-of-the-art
bang up-to-date [coll.]
de pointe {adj} [puissance, période]: peak
de pointe {adj} [technologie]: leading-edgetech.
en pointe {adv} [à grande vitesse]: at top speed
en pointe {adj} [décolleté]: plungingvêt.
en pointe {adv} [en forme de pointe]: to a point
en pointe {adj} [menton]: pointed
sans pointe {adj}: edgeless [blunt]
blunt [e.g. knife, pencil]
ensemble {m} pointé: based setmath.
rooted setmath.
pointed setmath.
espace {m} pointé: based spacemath.
pointed spacemath.
pointe {f} d'accent: slight accentling.
pointe {f} d'asperge: asparagus tipbot.cuis.
pointe {f} Dufour [le plus haut sommet de Suisse]: Dufourspitzegéogr.géol.
pointe {f} sèche: drypoint
taillé en pointe {adj} {past-p} [crayon]: sharpened to a point [pencil]arts
être en pointe: to be in the fore
to be in the vanguard
tailler qc. en pointe [barbe]: to shape sth. to a pointtech.
tailler qc. en pointe [diamant]: to cut sth. to a pointtech.
bonnet {m} à pointe: pointed hatvêt.
casque {m} à pointe: spiked helmethist.mil.vêt.
heure {f} de pointe: rush hour
heures {f.pl} de pointe: rush hour
place {f} en pointe: top position
pointe {f} de flèche: arrowheadarmeshist.mil.
pointe {f} de jalousie: pang of jealousy
pointe {f} de l'iceberg [aussi fig.]: tip of the iceberg [also fig.]
pointe {f} de l'iceberg [fig.]: thin end of the wedge [idiom]
pointe {f} de l'île: farthest point of the islandgéogr.
pointe {f} de lecture: stylusaudiomus.
pointe {f} de méchanceté: touch of evil
pointe {f} de pied: tiptoeanat.
tip of the toeanat.
point of the toeanat.
pointe {f} de tension: voltage peakélectr.
voltage spikeélectr.
pointe {f} de vitesse: burst of speed
pointe {f} du sein: nippleanat.
technologie {f} de pointe: advanced technologytech.
cutting-edge technologytech.
leading-edge technologytech.
vitesse {f} de pointe: top speed
maximum speed
à la pointe de {prep}: to the forefront of
être à la pointe [loc.]: to be ahead of the curve [idiom] [more advanced than others]comm.écon.
pointe {f} émergée de l'iceberg: tip of the iceberggéol.
à la pointe de l'actualité {adj}: right up to date
à la pointe du combat {adv}: in the front line of battle
à la pointe du jour {adv}: at dawn
at daybreak
at the break of day [literary]
avec une pointe de citron {adv}: with a tang of lemoncuis.
sur la pointe des pieds {adv}: on tiptoe
être à la pointe de qc.: to be at the forefront of sth.
to be at the cutting-edge of sth. [idiom]
faire une pointe de vitesse: to sprint
marcher sur la pointe des pieds: to tiptoe
mettre sur la pointe des pieds: to stand on tiptoe
to stand on the tip of one's toes
se dresser sur la pointe des pieds: to stand on tiptoe
se hausser sur la pointe des pieds: to stand (up) on tiptoe
se tenir sur la pointe des pieds: to stand on tiptoes [also: on tiptoe]
traverser la cuisine sur la pointe des pieds: to walk tiptoe across the kitchen
pointe {f} de sapin (de Noël): (Christmas) tree topper
requin {m} pointe blanche [Carcharhinus albimarginatus]: silvertip sharkichtyo.T

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