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demi-pointe

demi-pointe is the alternative spelling of demipointe.

Meaning of demipointe

Noun

demipointe (countable and uncountable, plural demipointes)

  1. (ballet) The ball of the foot, the padded front part of the sole behind the tip of the toes; hence, a ballet position executed with the dancer up on the balls of one or both feet, the heels raised up off the floor.

Forms of demi-pointe

pluraldemi-pointes

Questions about demi-pointe

What is demi-pointe the alternative spelling of?
Demi-pointe is the alternative spelling of demipointe.

Words near demi-pointe in the dictionary

  1. demi-matte
  2. demi-mondaine
  3. demi-mondaines
  4. demi-monde
  5. demi-mondes
  6. demi-pointe
  7. demi-rilievo
  8. demi-savage
  9. demi-sec
  10. demi-secs
  11. demi-tasse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demi-pointe (page history and authors); demipointe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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