pointe shoe

English

Pointe shoes

Noun

pointe shoe (plural pointe shoes)

1. (ballet) A type of shoe with a strengthened toe, used for dancing on pointe.
   • 2004, Toni Bentley, The Surrender:

     Instead, I would stick to dancing and continue plunging my toes into the beautiful, tight, shiny sheaths called pointe shoes.

Translations

Translations

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: balletsko m, tåspiss-sko m, tåspissko m

• Polish: puenta (pl) f