"punta" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpun.ta/ Forms: punte [plural]
Rhymes: -unta Etymology: From Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la-lat|puncta}} Late Latin puncta, {{inh|it|la|punctus}} Latin punctus Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} punta f (plural punte)
  1. point, head, tip, top, peak, end Tags: feminine Synonyms: estremità, cima, testa
    Sense id: en-punta-it-noun-sPD7c0hv
  2. toe (of a shoe) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-punta-it-noun-uaEPJB68
  3. pinch, touch, hint (small quantity) Tags: feminine Synonyms: pizzico, tocco, accenno
    Sense id: en-punta-it-noun-2mnpkDkO
  4. bit (of a drill) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-punta-it-noun-W0YZpaWd
  5. (soccer) forward, striker, attacker Tags: feminine Synonyms: attaccante
    Sense id: en-punta-it-noun-hP0fvzrE Categories (other): Football (soccer) Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
  6. pile (of arrow or spear) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-punta-it-noun-TSa4bZO0
  7. scriber Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-punta-it-noun-kH5mJTcb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: punto
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: a punta, appuntare, appuntire, cane da punta, punta a tracciare, punta della freccia, punta della lancia, punta della spada, puntale, puntare, puntarella, puntasecca, puntata, puntello, punteruolo, puntina, spuntare, uomo di punta

Verb

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} punta
  1. inflection of puntare:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: puntare
    Sense id: en-punta-it-verb-64lPRUqI Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 1 1 1 2 1 18 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 7 18 2 1 1 18 2 1 1 3 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 0 1 0 20 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 20 1 0 1 20 1 0 0 3 7 6 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 1 1 23 1 17 42 10
  2. inflection of puntare:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: puntare
    Sense id: en-punta-it-verb-ahKW9abN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a punta"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "appuntare"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "appuntire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cane da punta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "punta a tracciare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "punta della freccia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "punta della spada"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puntale"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puntare"
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      "word": "puntarella"
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      "word": "puntata"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puntello"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "punteruolo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puntina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "word": "tocco"
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          "word": "accenno"
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpun.ta/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-unta"
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