pointer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔɪntə/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: point‧er
- Rhymes: -ɔɪntə(ɹ)
Noun
pointer (plural pointers)
teacher's pointer
needle of a measuring device
pointer (dog)
- Anything that points or is used for pointing.
- A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow
- A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
- A breed of hunting dog.
- (programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
- (computing) An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.
- A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.)
- The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper.
- (in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.
- a ten-pointer
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
anything that points or is used for pointing
teacher's pointer
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of a timepiece or measuring device
dog
computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
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computing: icon indicating mouse position — see cursor
advice — see advice
See also
See also
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
pointer m (plural pointers, diminutive pointertje n)
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
point + -er, from the past participle of poindre.
Verb
pointer
- to point to/at
- (by extension) to indicate, to show, to point out
- to punch in, to clock in
- (informal, takes a reflexive pronoun) to show up, turn up
Conjugation
Conjugation of pointer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pointer | avoir pointé | |||||
| gerund | en pointant | en ayant pointé | |||||
| present participle | pointant /pwɛ̃.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | pointé /pwɛ̃.te/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pointe /pwɛ̃t/ |
pointes /pwɛ̃t/ |
pointe /pwɛ̃t/ |
pointons /pwɛ̃.tɔ̃/ |
pointez /pwɛ̃.te/ |
pointent /pwɛ̃t/ |
| imperfect | pointais /pwɛ̃.tɛ/ |
pointais /pwɛ̃.tɛ/ |
pointait /pwɛ̃.tɛ/ |
pointions /pwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
pointiez /pwɛ̃.tje/ |
pointaient /pwɛ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | pointai /pwɛ̃.te/ |
pointas /pwɛ̃.ta/ |
pointa /pwɛ̃.ta/ |
pointâmes /pwɛ̃.tam/ |
pointâtes /pwɛ̃.tat/ |
pointèrent /pwɛ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | pointerai /pwɛ̃.tʁe/ |
pointeras /pwɛ̃.tʁa/ |
pointera /pwɛ̃.tʁa/ |
pointerons /pwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
pointerez /pwɛ̃.tʁe/ |
pointeront /pwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pointerais /pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/ |
pointerais /pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/ |
pointerait /pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/ |
pointerions /pwɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pointeriez /pwɛ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
pointeraient /pwɛ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pointe /pwɛ̃t/ |
pointes /pwɛ̃t/ |
pointe /pwɛ̃t/ |
pointions /pwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
pointiez /pwɛ̃.tje/ |
pointent /pwɛ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 | pointasse /pwɛ̃.tas/ |
pointasses /pwɛ̃.tas/ |
pointât /pwɛ̃.ta/ |
pointassions /pwɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
pointassiez /pwɛ̃.ta.sje/ |
pointassent /pwɛ̃.tas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | pointe /pwɛ̃t/ |
— | pointons /pwɛ̃.tɔ̃/ |
pointez /pwɛ̃.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
- (to show up): arriver
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English pointer.
Noun
pointer m (plural pointers)
- pointer (dog)
Further reading
- “pointer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Noun
pointer m (plural pointers)
- pointer (breed of hunting dog)
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