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poindre

/pwɛ̃dʁ/ verb C1
  1. to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.) (literary, transitive)
  2. to come up (of a plant), peep through (intransitive)
  3. to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn) (intransitive, literary)
  4. to appear, spring up (figuratively, intransitive)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
poindre
Present participle
poignant
Past participle
point
Present (je)
poins
Future (je)
poindrai
Passé composé (je)
ai point

An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.

From the library

Mercédès ne croyait point à tout cela ; car, comprimée jusqu'à ce moment, sa douleur éclata tout à coup en sanglots.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 33 · C1
Voici un voyage que je vous donne le conseil de ne point escompter pour 25.000 francs de bénéfice. »
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 3 · C1
— Il ne m'en a point parlé, dit l'armateur ; mais s'il a cette lettre, il me la remettra. »
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 8 · C1
« Alors, monsieur Morrel, je vous prie, dit-il, ne parlez point de cela à Dantès ; je me serai trompé. »
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 8 · C1

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.