point barre

Betekenis (Engels)

period; full stop, end of discussion

Sinonieme

époque

période

point

temps

⌚

un point c’est tout

Point

point final

Vertalings

ponto final

period

full stop

ponto

point

punto

e basta

punto fermo

punt uit

ponto-final

Ponto final

punt

punto

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pwɛ̃ baʁ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Compound of point (“period”) + barre (“bar”) On the model of French point final, an allusion to a typewriter or computer keyboard, the period being followed by a space.
Alternatively, some place the expression's origin as referring to a period following a slash, used for marking the end of a message transmitted by telex.