le
/pwɛ̃/
Translation
point, dot, period
Word origin
From Latin punctum ('a prick, dot, point'), from pungere ('to prick'). The English 'point', 'punctual' and 'puncture' share this root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- punctum
- English cognates
- point, punctual, puncture
Grammar
Examples
C' .
This is the most important point of the discussion.
.
We need to put a final stop to this situation.
.
You made an interesting point during the meeting.
.
We scored a point at the end of the match.
, ' .
On this point, I completely agree with you.
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Reported Speech in French: Tense Backshift (dit que, a dit que)
French Negation Beyond pas: ne... que, ni... ni, aucun
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French Object Pronouns: me, te, le, la, lui, nous, vous, leur and the Preverbal Position
The French Pluperfect (le plus-que-parfait): The Past Before the Past
French Possessive Pronouns: le mien, le tien, le sien, le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur
French si Clauses: The Three Types of Conditional Sentence
The French Subjunctive After Doubt, Emotion and Opinion
French Time Expressions: depuis, pendant, il y a and pour
Venir de + Infinitive: the French Recent Past (to have just done something)
The French Passive Voice (la voix passive)
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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