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piste.

point, dot, full stop, period

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpisteˣ/[ˈpis̠te̞(ʔ)]
  1. point, dot, full stop, period

  2. point (zero-dimensional object)

  3. point (particular location)

  4. point, dot (something tiny)

  5. point (mark or stroke above a letter)

  6. point (unit of scoring)

  7. point (unit of font size or spacing)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *pistek (“sting, prick”). Equivalent to pistää (“to sting, prick”) + -e. Originally a synonym of pisto (“sting; prick, puncture”). First used to mean "period, full stop, dot" by Gustaf Renvall in 1826 and "point" in geometry by Wolmar Schildt in 1835; other meanings derive from those two.

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