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English

Etymology

See punto.

Noun

puncto (plural punctos or punctoes)

1. (obsolete) A particular point of form or ceremony.

   • and religious punctos and ceremonies

2. (fencing) The point of the sword in fencing.

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Interlingua

Noun

puncto (plural punctos)

1. point

Latin

Participle

p?nct?

1. dative masculine singular of p?nctus
2. dative neuter singular of p?nctus
3. ablative masculine singular of p?nctus
4. ablative neuter singular of p?nctus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian punto. Doublet of point and punctum.

Noun

punto (plural puntos)

1. (fencing) a point or hit

Derived terms

• punto diritto: a direct or straight hit
• punto reverso, punto riverso: a back-handed stroke

Anagrams

• Upton, not up, put on, put-on, ton-up, unpot, upon't

Esperanto

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?punto/
• Hyphenation: pun?to
• Rhymes: -unto

Noun

punto (accusative singular punton, plural puntoj, accusative plural puntojn)

1. lace (fabric)

Ido

Etymology

From English point, French point, German Punkt, Italian punto, Russian ????? (punkt), Spanish punto, all ultimately from Latin punctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pun.to/, /?pun.t?/

Noun

punto (plural punti)

1. (geometry, astronomy, typography, grammar, music, games) point; dot; position; period; small hole (as made by a needle or awl)

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pun?to

Etymology 1

From Latin punctum.

Noun

punto m (plural punti)

1. point (all senses), jot, iota
2. full stop, period
3. dot
4. instant (point in time)
5. (in the plural) points, score
6. (Tuscany) none
7. (baseball) run

Derived terms

Verb

punto

1. first-person singular present of puntare

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin punctus.

Verb

punto m (feminine singular punta, masculine plural punti, feminine plural punte)

1. past participle of pungere

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?punto/, [?p?n?.t?o]
• Rhymes: -unto
• Hyphenation: pun?to

Etymology 1

From Latin punctum.

Noun

punto m (plural puntos) (diminutive puntillo or puntito)

1. point (unit of measurement)

2. decimal, point (arithmetic symbol), period
3. (punto de encuentro) point, location, place
4. stitch
5. great surprise

Derived terms

Related terms

Interjection

¡punto!

1. that's it!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

punto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of puntar.

Further reading

• “punto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pun?to

Noun

punto

1. point
2. (sociolinguistics) accent