pointille

poin·til·lé

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [French pwan-tee-yey]
- /French pwɛ̃ tiˈyeɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [French pwan-tee-yey]
- /French pwɛ̃ tiˈyeɪ/

Definitions of pointille word

adjective pointille (of book covers) decorated with a tooled pattern of dots. 1
noun pointille a fine point or subtle distinction 0

See all 2 definitions of pointille

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Origin of pointille

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

1900-05; < French, past participle of pointiller to dot, point

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Pointille

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Pointille

pointille popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

pointille usage trend in Literature

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