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point
- noun
- (of knife, needle, pencil) pointe f;
- (location, position on scale) point m;
(less specific) endroit m;
- (extent, degree) point m;
up to a ~ jusqu'à un certain point;
- (moment) (precise) moment m;
(stage) stade m;
to be on the ~ of doing être sur le point de faire;
at this ~ in her career à ce stade(-là) de sa carrière;
at some ~ in the future plus tard;
at one ~ à un moment donné;
- (question, idea) point m;
to make the ~ that faire remarquer que;
you've made your ~ vous vous êtes exprimé;
to make a ~ of doing (as matter of pride) mettre un point d'honneur à faire;
(do deliberately) faire exprès;
- (central idea) point m essentiel;
to come straight to the ~ aller droit au fait;
to keep or stick to the ~ rester dans le sujet;
to miss the ~ ne pas comprendre;
that's beside the ~ là n'est pas la question;
to get the ~ comprendre;
that's not the ~ il ne s'agit pas de cela;
- (purpose) objet m;
what's the ~ of doing…? à quoi bon faire…?;
there's no ~ in doing ça ne sert à rien de faire;
I don't see the ~ of doing je ne vois pas l'intérêt de faire;
- (feature, characteristic) point m, côté m;
her strong ~ son point fort;
- (in scoring) point m;
match ~ (in tennis) balle f de match;
- (decimal point) virgule f;
- (headland) pointe f.
- transitive verb
- (aim, direct) to ~ sth at sb braquer qch sur qn (camera, gun);
to ~ one's finger at sb montrer qn du doigt;
- (show) to ~ the way to indiquer la direction de;
- (in ballet, gym) to ~ one's toes faire des pointes.
- (aim, direct) to ~ sth at sb braquer qch sur qn (camera, gun);
- intransitive verb
- (indicate) indiquer or montrer (du doigt);
to ~ at sb/sth montrer qn/qch du doigt;
- (signpost, arrow, compass) indiquer;
to be ~ing at sb (gun, camera) être braqué/-e sur qn.
- (indicate) indiquer or montrer (du doigt);
montrer (place, person) (to à);
faire remarquer (fact, discrepancy).
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'point' found in these entries:
English:
about - benchmark - blackhead - blind spot - boiling point - breaking point - case - centre-stage - climax - close - critical - crux - daylight - decimal - degree - develop - development - directly - dot - exclamation mark - eye - factor - fair - far - finalize - focal point - focus - full stop - gear - get - given - go - ground zero - here - highlight - high point - hot spot - item - just - key - knife-point - labour - landmark - map - match point - matter - medium-rare - meeting point - melting point - midway
French:
accuser - agir - apothéose - attarder - avant - balle - bon - bout - branche - braquer - brúle-pourpoint - but - chose - clou - côté - culminant - désigner - diriger - doigt - donné - entrevoir - état - être - fait - falloir - haut - indiquer - intérêt - inutile - irréparable - jusque - là - limite - litige - litigieux - moment - montrer - mouton - névralgique - passer - pécher - plan - pointe - pointer - pointu - point-virgule - portant - présenter - prise - question
point: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||||||||
| point | vtr | (direct) | diriger vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| She pointed us to the door. | |||||||||
| Elle nous a dirigés vers la porte. | |||||||||
| point | vi | (indicate position) | indiquer vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| She pointed to show where we should stand. | |||||||||
| Elle a indiqué où nous devrions nous placer. | |||||||||
| point | n | (tip) stylo, crayon | pointe nf | ||||||
| There's a sharp point on this pencil. | |||||||||
| La pointe de ce crayon est bien taillée. | |||||||||
| point | n | (objective) | but nm | ||||||
| We mustn't forget the point of the exercise. | |||||||||
| Nous ne devons pas oublier le but de cet exercice. | |||||||||
| point | n | (number) nombre décimal | virgule nf | ||||||
| The value of pi is about three point one four. | |||||||||
| Pi égale trois virgule quatorze. | |||||||||
| point | n | (characteristic) | point nm | ||||||
| Plot is not the film's strong point. | |||||||||
| L'intrigue, ce n'est pas le point fort du film. | |||||||||
| point | n | (motive) | but nm | ||||||
| I didn't grasp the point of what he was saying. | |||||||||
| Je n'ai pas compris le but de son discours. | |||||||||
| point | n | (detail) | point nm | ||||||
| My speech is divided into three points. | |||||||||
| Mon discours se divise en trois points. | |||||||||
| point | n | (intersection) géométrie | point nm | ||||||
| The line crosses the circle at two separate points. | |||||||||
| La droite traverse le cercle en deux points distants. | |||||||||
| point | n | (time) précis dans le temps | moment nm | ||||||
| At that point I realized the danger of the situation. | |||||||||
| C'est à ce moment-là que j'ai réalisé le danger de la situation. | |||||||||
| point | n | (score) jeu | point nm | ||||||
| The king is worth four points, the jack three and the queen two. | |||||||||
| Le roi vaut quatre points, le valet trois et la dame deux. | |||||||||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||||||||
| point | n | UK (dot) | point nm | ||||||
| There were points all over the surface of the paper. | |||||||||
| Il y avait des points sur toute la surface du papier. | |||||||||
| point | n | (degree, level) stade d'un processus | point nm | ||||||
| The water reached boiling point. | |||||||||
| L'eau a atteint le point d'ébullition. | |||||||||
| point | n | (geography) géographie : lieu imprécis | lieu nm | ||||||
| This train serves Birmingham and all points south. | |||||||||
| Ce train dessert Birmingham et tous les lieux situés au sud. | |||||||||
| point | n | (circumstances) figuré | point nm | ||||||
| She was on the point of leaving when he finally arrived. | |||||||||
| Elle était sur le point de partir quand il est finalement arrivé. | |||||||||
| point | n | (conclusion) fin | terme nm | ||||||
| Let's bring this discussion to a point. | |||||||||
| Mettons un terme à cette discussion. | |||||||||
| point | n | (finance: hundredth of a cent) finance : centième | point nm | ||||||
| The dollar fell by eighty points against the yen. | |||||||||
| Le dollar a chuté de quatre-vingts points face au yen. | |||||||||
| point | n | (finance: index measure) finance : indice | point nm | ||||||
| The Dow Jones lost thirty-two points today. | |||||||||
| L'indice Dow Jones a perdu trente-deux points aujourd'hui. | |||||||||
| point | n | (printing: 1/72 inch) typographie | corps nm | ||||||
| The main text should be twelve point; titles should be sixteen point. | |||||||||
| Le texte principal doit être en corps douze et les titres en seize. | |||||||||
| point | n | (outlet) électricité | prise nf | ||||||
| There aren't enough power points for all our equipment. | |||||||||
| Il n'y a pas assez de prises électriques pour tout notre matériel. | |||||||||
| point | n | UK (railway junction) transport ferroviaire | aiguillage nm | ||||||
| Points allow the train to pass from one track to another. | |||||||||
| Les aiguillages permettent au train de changer de voie. | |||||||||
| point | vi | (call attention to) | indiquer vi ⇒ | ||||||
| Everything points to his being involved. | |||||||||
| Tout semble indiquer qu'il est impliqué. | |||||||||
| point | vi | (tend towards) | aller vers vpr | ||||||
| The road points southerly. | |||||||||
| La route va vers le sud. | |||||||||
| point | vi | (face a direction) | faire face vi | ||||||
| Their house points towards the sea. | |||||||||
| Leur maison fait face à la mer. | |||||||||
| point | vi | (aim) | viser vi ⇒ | ||||||
| Lift the gun, point and fire. | |||||||||
| Lève le fusil, vise et tire. | |||||||||
| point | vtr | (aim) | braquer vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| Don't point that knife at me. | |||||||||
| Ne braque pas ce couteau sur moi. | |||||||||
| point | vtr | (fill) construction | jointoyer vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| He has pointed all the brickwork. | |||||||||
| Il a jointoyé les briques. | |||||||||
| point | vtr | (show) | indiquer, montrer vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| The survey points to his deep unpopularity. | |||||||||
| Le sondage indique (or: montre) son manque de popularité. | |||||||||
| point | vtr | (note) | faire remarquer vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| He pointed out that we didn't have the money for that. | |||||||||
| Il nous a fait remarquer que nous n'avions pas l'argent pour cela. | |||||||||
| point | vtr | (sharpen) crayon | tailler vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| These pencils need pointing. | |||||||||
| Ces crayons ont besoin d'être taillés. | |||||||||
| Améliorer les traductions "{0}" ci-dessus. | |||||||||
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||||||||
| 5-point | de 5 points | ||||||||
| 5-point | adj | à 5 pointes | |||||||
| 6-point | de 6 points | ||||||||
| 6-point | adj | à 6 pointes | |||||||
| 7-point | de 7 points | ||||||||
| 7-point | adj | à 7 pointes | |||||||
| 8-point | de 8 points | ||||||||
| 8-point | adj | à 8 pointes | |||||||
| 9-point | de 9 points | ||||||||
| 9-point | adj | à 9 pointes | |||||||
| a ten-point | de dix points | ||||||||
| a twelve-point | de douze points | ||||||||
| as a case in point | à titre d'exemple | ||||||||
| at this point | à cet endroit | ||||||||
| away from the point | hors sujet | ||||||||
| ball point pen | stylo à bille | ||||||||
| ball-point | adj | à bille | |||||||
| ball-point pen | nm | stylo à bille | |||||||
| ball-point pen | nm | stylo-bille | |||||||
| base point | point de référence | ||||||||
| beside the point | hors sujet | ||||||||
| blue point (Siamese cat) | nm | siamois bleu | |||||||
| boiling point | point d'ébullition | ||||||||
| bonus point | nm | point de bonus | |||||||
| boundary point | pixel de contour | ||||||||
| boundary point (Mathematics) | nm | point limite (Mathématiques) | |||||||
| branch point | point de bifurcation | ||||||||
| branch point | point de branchement | ||||||||
| branch point | point de ramification | ||||||||
| break point | balle de break | ||||||||
| break point | point d'arrêt | ||||||||
| break point | nm | point de coupure | |||||||
| break point | nm | point de rupture | |||||||
| break-even point | nm | seuil de rentabilité | |||||||
| breaking point | point de rupture | ||||||||
| brownie point | nm | bon point | |||||||
| burning point | point d'inflammation | ||||||||
| cardinal point | point cardinal | ||||||||
| case in point | exemple concret | ||||||||
| case in point | exemple typique | ||||||||
| cash point (UK) | nm | distributeur | |||||||
| choke point | point d'étranglement | ||||||||
| come to a point | v | en venir au point | |||||||
| come to the point | v | en venir au fait | |||||||
| critical point | point critique | ||||||||
| critical point | point crucial | ||||||||
| crucial point | point crucial | ||||||||
| cutoff point | nm | dernier délai (limite) | |||||||
| decimal point | nf | virgule (mathématiques) | |||||||
| dew point | point de condensation | ||||||||
| dew point | point de rosée | ||||||||
| dew point | point de saturation | ||||||||
| dew-point | point de rosée | ||||||||
| dew-point temperature | nf | température du point de rosée | |||||||
| diamond point | pointe de diamant | ||||||||
| diamond point | nf | pointe naïve | |||||||
| exit point | nf | sortie | |||||||
| fine point | nf | pointe fine | |||||||
| fire point | point de combustion | ||||||||
| fire point | point de feu | ||||||||
| fixed point | nm | point de repère | |||||||
| fixed point | nm | point fixe | |||||||
| flash point | point d'inflammabilité | ||||||||
| flash point | nf | situation explosive | |||||||
| focal point | nm | point de convergence (point central) | |||||||
| freezing point | point de congélation, point zéro | ||||||||
| from this point | à partir de ce point | ||||||||
| from this point | à partir de maintenant | ||||||||
| from this point forward | adv | dorénavant | |||||||
| get to the point! | au fait ! | ||||||||
| gold point | gisement d'or | ||||||||
| great point | point important | ||||||||
| great point | nf | remarque importante | |||||||
| growing point | point végétatif | ||||||||
| growing point | point de croissance | ||||||||
| halfway point | mi-chemin | ||||||||
| high point | nm | clou (summum) | |||||||
| highest point | le point le plus haut | ||||||||
| ideal point | point idéal | ||||||||
| important point | point important | ||||||||
| in point of fact | adv | en fait | |||||||
| inflection point | point d'inflexion | ||||||||
| isoelectric point | point isoélectrique | ||||||||
| limit point | point de limite | ||||||||
| lowest point | moment le plus difficile | ||||||||
| main point | le point central | ||||||||
| make a point of | v | s'efforcer de faire ⇒ | |||||||
| make your point | v | faire remarquer ⇒ | |||||||
| match point | balle de match | ||||||||
| material point | représentation matérielle de données | ||||||||
| mathematical point | point mathématique | ||||||||
| melting point | point de fusion | ||||||||
| moot point | adj | sans importance | |||||||
| moot point | loc | difficile à dire | |||||||
| near point | point proche | ||||||||
| near-point | adj | proche du point | |||||||
| neutral point | point neutre | ||||||||
| nodal point | point nodal | ||||||||
| objective point of view | nm | point de vue objectif | |||||||
| observation point | point d'observation | ||||||||
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "point".
...must endure, miss the point
"biting point" / "How to find a biting point"
"in my point of view"
"marquer un point"
"point two of a second"
"Point" in context
"Un point c'est tout"
1 ou 2 espaces après le point - grammaire
2.0 deux point zero
7.4% de / point
A blé sans epi, point de farine... - forum Français Seulement
A bon vin, il ne faut point de bouchon.
à ce point
À ce point
à ce point
a certain point in time
A dynamic with sb / to make a point
a floating-point data
A logical point
A pain point
A part sur un point
à point - forum Français Seulement
à point nommé
a point of focus/Focus point
a point perdu
à quel point
A quel point
à quel point
à quel point - forum Français Seulement
à quel point . . . à quel point
Suite...
"biting point" / "How to find a biting point"
"in my point of view"
"marquer un point"
"point two of a second"
"Point" in context
"Un point c'est tout"
1 ou 2 espaces après le point - grammaire
2.0 deux point zero
7.4% de / point
A blé sans epi, point de farine... - forum Français Seulement
A bon vin, il ne faut point de bouchon.
à ce point
À ce point
à ce point
a certain point in time
A dynamic with sb / to make a point
a floating-point data
A logical point
A pain point
A part sur un point
à point - forum Français Seulement
à point nommé
a point of focus/Focus point
a point perdu
à quel point
A quel point
à quel point
à quel point - forum Français Seulement
à quel point . . . à quel point
Suite...
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