pointe
noun/pwæ̃t/
/pwæ̃t/
[uncountable] (also pointes
/pwæ̃t/
/pwæ̃t/
, points [plural])- the hard tops of the toes of a kind of shoe that a ballet dancer balances on
(芭蕾舞鞋的)硬鞋尖 Oxford Collocations DictionaryPointe is used before these nouns:- shoe
Word OriginFrench, literally ‘tip’.