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poindre.

to prick, sting

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/pwɛ̃dʁ/
  1. to prick, sting

    obsolete · transitive
  2. to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.)

    literary · transitive
  3. to come up (of a plant), peep through

    intransitive
  4. to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn)

    intransitive · literary
  5. to appear, spring up

    figuratively · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French poindre, puindre, from Latin pungere.

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