pointer

pointer [pwɛ̃te]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = cocher) to tick off

   b. [personnel] (à l'arrivée) to clock in ; (au départ) to clock out

   c. [+ fusil] to point (vers, sur at)

2. intransitive verb

   a. [employé] (à l'arrivée) to clock in ; (au départ) to clock out

• pointer à l'ANPE to sign on (at the national employment agency)

• il pointe au chômage depuis trois mois he's been on the dole (inf) (Brit) or on welfare (US) for three months

   b. le jour pointait day was breaking

3. reflexive verb

► se pointer (inf) ( = arriver) to turn up (inf)

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1. pwɛ̃te

verbe transitif

1) (en cochant) to tick off GB, to check off US [noms, mots, chiffres]; to check [liste]

2) (diriger) to point [arme] (sur at)

pointer le doigt vers — to point at

pointer son museau — [animal] to peep out

pointer son nez — (colloq) to show one's face

3) (dresser)

pointer ses oreilles — [chien] to prick up its ears

2.

verbe intransitif

1) [employé] (en arrivant) to clock in; (en sortant) to clock out

pointer à l'usine — (colloq) to work in a factory

pointer à l'agence pour l'emploi — to sign on at the unemployment office

2) (aux boules) to aim at positioning a boule as close to the jack as possible

3) (se dresser) [clocher, arbre, antenne] to rise up; [seins] to stick out

pointer à l'horizon — to rise up on the horizon

4) (apparaître) [soleil] to come up, to rise; [aube, jour] to break; [fleur, plante] to come up; [bourgeon] to open

3.

se pointer (colloq) verbe pronominal [personne] to turn up (à at)

II pwɛ̃tɛʀ

nom masculin (chien) pointer

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pwɛ̃te

1. vt

1) (= diriger) [canon, longue-vue, doigt]

pointer qch vers; pointer qch sur — to point sth at

2) (= cocher) to tick off

3) (= contrôler) [employés] (à l'arrivée) to check in, (au départ) to check out

4) MUSIQUE, [note] to dot

5) (= dresser)

pointer les oreilles [chien] — to prick up its ears

pointer le bout de son nez fig — to show up

2. vi

1) [employé] (à l'arrivée) to clock in, to clock on, (au départ) to clock out, to clock off

Depuis le mois dernier, on doit pointer. — Since last month we've had to clock in and out.

2) [pousses] to come up

3) (dans un classement)

pointer à la 3e place — to take third place

Cette année l'ex-champion du monde pointe à la dixième place. — This year the former world champion took tenth place.

4) [jour] (= poindre) to break

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pointer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 (en cochant) to tick off GB, to check off US [noms, mots, chiffres]; to check [liste]; to time [sportif];

2 (diriger) to point [arme] (sur qch/qn at sth/sb); pointer un or son doigt vers qch/qn to point at sth/sb; pointer un doigt accusateur sur qch/qn to point an accusing finger at sth/sb; pointer sa tête par la porte/par la fenêtre to stick one's head round the door GB ou in US/out of the window; pointer son museau [animal] to peep out; pointer son nez○ to show one's face;

3 (dresser en pointe) pointer ses oreilles [chien] to prick up its ears.

B vi

1 Entr [employé] (en arrivant) to clock in; (en sortant) to clock out; nous ne sommes pas obligés de pointer we don't have to clock in and out; pointer à l'usine○ to work in a factory;

2 Prot Soc pointer à l'agence pour l'emploi to sign on at the unemployment office;

3 Sport (aux boules) to aim at positioning a boule as close to the jack as possible;

4 (se dresser) [clocher, tour, arbre, antenne] to rise up; [seins] to stick out; le clocher pointait au-dessus des toits the steeple was visible above the roofs; pointer à l'horizon to rise up on the horizon;

5 (apparaître) [soleil] to come up, to rise; [aube, jour] to break; [fleur, plante] to come up; [bourgeons] to open; les crocus commencent à pointer the crocuses are starting to come up;

6 Ordinat to point (sur at).

C ○se pointer vpr [personne] to turn up; il s'est pointé en jean à la cérémonie he turned up at the ceremony in jeans.

II.

pointer nm (chien) pointer.

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[pwɛ̃te] verbe transitif

1. [dresser]

l'animal pointa les oreilles the animal pricked up its ears

[montrer]

pointer son nez ou sa tête quelque part (figuré) to show one's face somewhere

2. [diriger - arme] to aim ; [ - doigt] to point

pointer son fusil vers le plafond to aim one's rifle at the ceiling

3. [à la pétanque]

pointer une boule to make a draw shot

4. [marquer - liste] to check (off), to tick off (separable)

5. [contrôler - à l'arrivée] to check in (separable) ; [ - à la sortie] to check out (separable)

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[pwɛ̃te] verbe intransitif

1. [faire saillie] to stick ou to jut out, to protrude

2. [apparaître - aube, jour] to be dawning ; [ - jalousie, remords] to be breaking ou seeping through

j'ai vu une lueur d'effroi pointer dans son regard I saw fear flashing in his eyes

3. [à la pétanque] to draw (the jack)

4. [ouvrier - arrivant] to clock in ; [ - sortant] to clock out

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se pointer verbe pronominal intransitif

(familier) to show (up), to turn up

alors, tu te pointes? are you coming or aren't you?

II

[pwɛ̃tɶr] nom masculin

[chien] pointer