de pointe

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French

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Adjective

de pointe (invariable)

  1. cutting-edge, state-of-the-art
    Synonyms: en pointe, dernier cri
    • 2019 April 18, “En Corée du Nord, Kim Jong-un a supervisé le test d'une nouvelle arme « tactique » [In North Korea, Kim Jong-un supervised a new "tactical" weapons test]”, in Le Monde:
      En novembre 2018, le dirigeant avait inspecté un site d’essais d’une « arme stratégique de pointe développée récemment », rapportait la presse officielle.
      In November 2018, the leader had inspected the test site of a "recently developed cutting-edge strategic weapon," the official agency reported.

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