appointer

Signification

1. to salary (attribute a salary to a position)
2. to appoint (attribute a job, a position to someone)
3. to sharpen into a point
4. to unite; to become united

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/a.pwɛ̃.te/

Étymologie

Inherited from Old French apointier. By surface analysis, a- + point + -er. Possibly corresponds to a Late Latin appunctāre, from Latin ad + punctum.