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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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian putto (“cupid, putto; boy”), from Latin putus (“boy”), a variant of p?sus (“(little) boy”), from puer (“boy, lad; child”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh?w- (“few, little; smallness”).

The plural form putti is also borrowed from Italian putti.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?to?/, [-?o?]
• Hyphenation: put?to

Noun

putto (plural putti or (rare) puttos or puttoes)

1. (art) A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.

Hyponyms

• (putto representing Cupid or love): amoretto, amorino, cupid

Translations

References

Further reading

• putto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• toput, tot up

Finnish

Noun

putto

1. putto, cherub

Declension

Synonyms

• kerubi

Anagrams

• pottu, potut, putot, tupot

Italian

Etymology

From Latin p?tus.

Noun

putto m (plural putti)

1. (art) putto, cherub, cupid

   Synonym: amorino

2. (rare) child

Descendants

• ? English: putto

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

putto m

1. singular nominative of putta