cusp

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From Latin cuspis (“a point, spear, pointed end”); first used in astrology. Doublet of cuspid and cuspis.

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: връх (vrǎh) — sharp point or pointed end
• Czech: hrot — sharp point or pointed end
• Czech: špička — sharp point or pointed end
• Dutch: piek — sharp point or pointed end
• Dutch: spits — sharp point or pointed end
• Finnish: kärki — sharp point or pointed end
• German: Spitze — sharp point or pointed end
• Greek: αιχμή (aichmí) — sharp point or pointed end
• Irish: cuspa — sharp point or pointed end
• Italian: cuspide — sharp point or pointed end
• Macedonian: врв (vrv) — sharp point or pointed end
• Polish: szpic — sharp point or pointed end
• Portuguese: cúspide — sharp point or pointed end
• Russian: пик (pik) — sharp point or pointed end
• Russian: остриё (ostrijó) — sharp point or pointed end
• Russian: ко́нчик (kónčik) — sharp point or pointed end
• Serbo-Croatian: вр̏х — sharp point or pointed end
• Serbo-Croatian: vȑh — sharp point or pointed end
• Spanish: cúspide — sharp point or pointed end
• Swedish: udd — sharp point or pointed end
• Swedish: spets — sharp point or pointed end
• Swedish: pigg — sharp point or pointed end
• Swedish: pik — sharp point or pointed end
• Swedish: egg — sharp point or pointed end
• Ukrainian: пік (pik) — sharp point or pointed end
• Ukrainian: ві́стря (vístrja) — sharp point or pointed end
• Bulgarian: повратна точка (povratna točka) — important moment when a decision is made
• Bulgarian: преломен момент — important moment when a decision is made
• Czech: okamžik zlomu — important moment when a decision is made
• Czech: kritický okamžik — important moment when a decision is made
• Finnish: käännekohta — important moment when a decision is made
• German: Scheitelpunkt — important moment when a decision is made
• German: Wendepunkt — important moment when a decision is made
• Hungarian: fordulópont — important moment when a decision is made
• Irish: cuspa — important moment when a decision is made
• Italian: culmine — important moment when a decision is made
• Italian: acme — important moment when a decision is made
• Italian: apogeo — important moment when a decision is made
• Italian: colmo — important moment when a decision is made
• Polish: przełom — important moment when a decision is made
• Polish: skraj — important moment when a decision is made
• Serbo-Croatian: преломна то̏чка — important moment when a decision is made
• Serbo-Croatian: преломни трену́так — important moment when a decision is made
• Serbo-Croatian: prelomna tȍčka — important moment when a decision is made
• Serbo-Croatian: prelomni trenútak — important moment when a decision is made
• Bulgarian: рог (rog) — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Catalan: cúspide — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Czech: bod zlomu — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Esperanto: kuspo — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Finnish: kärki — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Finnish: kärkipiste — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• French: point de rebroussement — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Irish: cuspa — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Italian: cuspide — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Polish: szpic — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Polish: wierzchołek — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Portuguese: cúspide — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Spanish: cúspide — point of a curve where it has no tangent
• Finnish: kärki — in astrology
• French: cuspide — in astrology
• Greek: ακμή (akmí) — in astrology
• Irish: cuspa — in astrology
• Italian: cuspide — in astrology
• Persian: جزء (joz') — in astrology
• Polish: punkt — in astrology
• Portuguese: cúspide — in astrology
• Spanish: cúspide — in astrology
• Czech: zubní hrbolek — in dentistry
• Finnish: kärki — in dentistry
• Finnish: kuspi — in dentistry
• French: cuspide — in dentistry
• Greek: φύμα (fýma) — in dentistry
• Irish: cuspa — in dentistry
• Italian: cuspide — in dentistry
• Polish: guzek — in dentistry
• Portuguese: cúspide — in dentistry
• Romanian: cuspid — in dentistry
• Spanish: cúspide — in dentistry