point
/pɔɪnt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.54 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light."
- "Commas and points they set exactly right."
- "10.5 is "ten point five", or ten and a half."
- "0.375 cm is nought point three seven five of a centimeter."
- "Sound the trumpet — not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war."
- "The Congress debated the finer points of the bill."
Etymology
From Middle English poynt, from Old French point m (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”), substantive use of pūnctus m, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, punch”); alternatively, from Old French pointe f (“sharp tip”), from Latin pūncta f (past participle), all from Proto-Italic *pungō (“to sting, prick”). Mostly displaced native Middle English ord (“point”), from Old English ord (“point”). Doublet of pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɔɪnt/
- British English: /pɔɪnt/