pointer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪn.tə/
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• General-American: /ˈpɔɪn.təɹ/
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• General-American: /ˈpɔɪnəɹ/
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• rhymes with -ɔɪntə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: P OY1 N T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From point + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: күрһәткес (kürhətkes) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Belarusian: ука́зка (ukázka) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Bulgarian: показа́лка (pokazálka) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Chinese Mandarin: 教鞭 (jiàobiān) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Chinese Mandarin: 指示棍 (zhǐshìgùn) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Finnish: osoitin — anything that points or is used for pointing
• French: aiguille — anything that points or is used for pointing
• French: baguette — anything that points or is used for pointing
• German: Zeigestock — anything that points or is used for pointing
• German: Zeigestab — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Hungarian: mutató — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Italian: bacchetta — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Japanese: 文字さし (mojisashi) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Japanese: 教鞭 (kyōben) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Japanese: 指し棒 (sashibō) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Korean: 지시봉 (jisibong) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Northern Kurdish: nîşanderk — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Malay: penuding — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Polish: wskaźnik — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Portuguese: ponteiro — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Russian: ука́зка (ukázka) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Russian: указа́тель (ukazátelʹ) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Spanish: puntero — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Thai: ไม้ชี้ — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Ukrainian: ука́зка (ukázka) — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Vietnamese: que chỉ — anything that points or is used for pointing
• Bashkir: күрһәткес (kürhətkes) — teacher's pointer
• Belarusian: ука́зка (ukázka) — teacher's pointer
• Bulgarian: показа́лка (pokazálka) — teacher's pointer
• Chinese Mandarin: 教鞭 (jiàobiān) — teacher's pointer
• Finnish: karttakeppi — teacher's pointer
• German: Zeigestock — teacher's pointer
• German: Zeigestab — teacher's pointer
• Italian: bacchetta — teacher's pointer
• Japanese: 指し棒 (sashibō) — teacher's pointer
• Korean: 교편 (gyopyeon) — teacher's pointer
• Polish: wskaźnik — teacher's pointer
• Russian: ука́зка (ukázka) — teacher's pointer
• Spanish: puntero — teacher's pointer
• Swedish: pekpinne — teacher's pointer
• Turkish: işaret çubuğu — teacher's pointer
• Ukrainian: ука́зка (ukázka) — teacher's pointer
• Azerbaijani: ibrə — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Belarusian: стрэ́лка (strélka) — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Bulgarian: стрелка́ (strelká) — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Chinese Mandarin: 指針 /指针 (zhǐzhēn) — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Esperanto: montrilo — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Finnish: osoitin — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Finnish: viisari — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• French: aiguille — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• German: Zeiger — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• German: Nadel — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Italian: indicatore — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Japanese: 指針 (shishin) — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Korean: 바늘 (baneul) — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Korean: 지침 (jichim) — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Northern Kurdish: nîşanderk — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Northern Kurdish: mîl — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Malay: jarum penunjuk — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Polish: wskazówka — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Portuguese: ponteiro — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Russian: стре́лка (strélka) — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̀за̄љка — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Serbo-Croatian: kàzāljka — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Spanish: aguja — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Spanish: saeta — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Spanish: índex — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Spanish: saetilla — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Spanish: manecilla — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Swedish: visare — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Ottoman Turkish: ایكنه (iğne) — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Ukrainian: стрі́лка (strílka) — needle of a timepiece or measuring device
• Bulgarian: по́йнтер (pójnter) — breed of hunting dog
• Chinese Mandarin: 指標犬 /指标犬 (zhǐbiāoquǎn) — breed of hunting dog
• Finnish: pointteri — breed of hunting dog
• Finnish: seisoja — breed of hunting dog
• Finnish: kanakoira — breed of hunting dog
• French: braque — breed of hunting dog
• French: chien d'arrêt — breed of hunting dog
• German: Vorstehhund — breed of hunting dog
• German: Pointer — breed of hunting dog
• Greek: πόιντερ (póinter) — breed of hunting dog
• Hungarian: angol vizsla — breed of hunting dog
• Hungarian: pointer — breed of hunting dog
• Ido: brako — breed of hunting dog
• Italian: puntatore — breed of hunting dog
• Italian: cane da punta — breed of hunting dog
• Italian: bracco — breed of hunting dog
• Japanese: ポインター (pointa) — breed of hunting dog
• Korean: 포인터 (pointeo) — breed of hunting dog
• Northern Kurdish: poyinter — breed of hunting dog
• Malay: anjing penuding — breed of hunting dog
• Polish: wyżeł — breed of hunting dog
• Portuguese: pointer — breed of hunting dog
• Russian: по́йнтер (pójntɛr) — breed of hunting dog
• Scottish Gaelic: cù-eunaich — breed of hunting dog
• Spanish: perro de muestra — breed of hunting dog
• Spanish: braco — breed of hunting dog
• Swedish: pointer — breed of hunting dog
• Arabic: مُؤَشِّر (muʔaššir) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Bulgarian: указа́тел (ukazátel) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Bulgarian: по́йнтер (pójnter) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Catalan: apuntador — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Chinese Mandarin: 指標 /指标 (zhǐbiāo) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Chinese Mandarin: 指針 /指针 (zhǐzhēn) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Czech: ukazatel — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Dutch: pointer — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Estonian: viit — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Finnish: osoitin — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Finnish: pointteri — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• French: pointeur — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• German: Zeiger — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• German: Pointer — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Greek: δείκτης (deíktis) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Icelandic: bendir — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Italian: puntatore — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Japanese: ポインター (pointa) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Korean: 포인터 (pointeo) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Northern Kurdish: nîşanderk — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Malay: penuding — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Persian: اشارال — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Polish: wskaźnik — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Portuguese: ponteiro — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Romanian: pointer — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Russian: указа́тель (ukazátelʹ) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Russian: по́йнтер (pójntɛr) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̀за̄љка — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Serbo-Croatian: показѝва̄ч — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Serbo-Croatian: kàzāljka — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Serbo-Croatian: pokazìvāč — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Spanish: apuntador — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Spanish: puntero — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Swedish: pekare — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Thai: พ้อยท์เตอร์ (poiter) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Turkish: göstergeç — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Ukrainian: вказівни́к (vkazivnýk) — programming: variable that stores the address of another variable
• Bulgarian: указа́ние (ukazánie) — tip, bit of advice
• German: Fingerzeig — tip, bit of advice
• Māori: tīwhiri — tip, bit of advice
• Polish: wskazówka — tip, bit of advice
• Portuguese: dica — tip, bit of advice
• Spanish: indicación — tip, bit of advice
• Spanish: sugerencia — tip, bit of advice
• Spanish: idea — tip, bit of advice
• Spanish: consejo — tip, bit of advice
• Spanish: recomendación — tip, bit of advice
• Spanish: tip — tip, bit of advice
• Japanese: ポインター (pointā) — GUI: icon indicating mouse position
• Korean: 포인터 (pointeo) — GUI: icon indicating mouse position