pointer

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English

Etymology

From point +‎ -er (agent noun suffix) or +‎ -er (measurement suffix) (sense 10).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɔɪn.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɔɪn.təɹ/, /pɔɪnəɹ/
• Hyphenation: point‧er
• Rhymes: -ɔɪntə(ɹ)

Noun

pointer (plural pointers)

1. Anything that points or is used for pointing.
   1. One who points.
   3. A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow.

      Synonym: fescue

      Hyponym: yad

   5. A needlelike component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.

      Synonyms: hand, needle

   7. (hunting) A breed of hunting dog, trained to point out game.

      Coordinate terms: retriever, setter
   8. (programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.

      Synonym: reference

      Hyponyms: dangling pointer, function pointer, null pointer
   10. (graphical user interface) An icon that indicates the position of the pointing device, such as a mouse.

       Synonym: cursor
2. (chiefly in the plural) A tip, a bit of advice.

   Synonym: advice
3. Something that gives a point (sharp end) to something.

4. (in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (programming) dereference, address

Further reading

• pointer (dog) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pointer (computer programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pointer (user interface) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pointer (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Petrino, Petroni, interop, protein, pterion, repoint, tropein, tropine

Dutch

Etymology

From English pointer.

Pronunciation

Noun

pointer m (plural pointers, diminutive pointertje n)

1. (programming) pointer

French

Etymology 1

From point +‎ -er, from the past participle of poindre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwɛ̃.te/
• Homophones: pointai, pointé, pointée, pointées, pointés, pointez
• Rhymes: -e

Verb

pointer

1. (transitive) to point to/at

   pointer du doigt ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   pointer le bout de son nez ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   pointer son nez ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (transitive, by extension) to indicate, to show, to point out
3. (intransitive) to clock in, to clock on, to punch in; to clock out, to clock off, to punch out (to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card)
4. (informal, pronominal) to show up, turn up

   Synonyms: arriver, se ramener, ramener sa fraise

Conjugation

Derived terms

• pointage
• zéro pointé

Descendants

• → German: pointieren

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pointer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwɛ̃.tɛʁ/

Noun

pointer m (plural pointers)

1. pointer (dog)

Further reading

• “pointer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pointer.

Pronunciation

Noun

pointer m (plural pointers)

1. pointer (breed of hunting dog)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pointer.

Noun

pointer m (plural pointeri)

1. (programming) pointer
2. (hunting) pointer (dog breed)

Declension