"pointe shoe" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pointe shoes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pointe shoe (plural pointe shoes)
  1. (ballet) A type of shoe with a strengthened toe, used for dancing on pointe. Categories (topical): Ballet, Footwear Translations (Translations): balletsko [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tåspiss-sko [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tåspissko [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), puenta [feminine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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