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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespoint de passage
Pronunciation / Transliteration: point de passage
"Nous devons atteindre le prochain point de passage avant la nuit."
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A intermediate point or place on a journey or route, often used for navigation or GPS tracking.
"The pilot programmed the next waypoint into the flight computer."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'waypoint' is derived from the combination of 'way', which comes from Old English 'weg', meaning a path or road, and 'point', from Latin 'punctum', meaning a dot or mark. The term evolved in the 20th century, particularly in navigation and mapping contexts, to refer to a specific location along a route.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Waypoint" is said worldwide
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point de passage
Transliteration: point de passage
"Nous devons atteindre le prochain point de passage avant la nuit."
Wegpunkt
Transliteration: Wegpunkt
"Das GPS-Gerät zeigt den nächsten Wegpunkt an."
punto di passaggio
Transliteration: punto di passaggio
"Il navigatore ha impostato un nuovo punto di passaggio."
punto de ruta
Transliteration: punto de ruta
"El mapa muestra cada waypoint a lo largo del sendero."
ponto de passagem
Transliteration: ponto de passagem
"Definimos um novo ponto de passagem para a nossa viagem."
मार्गबिंदु
Transliteration: margbindu
"जीपीएस ने यात्रा के लिए अगले मार्गबिंदु को चिह्नित किया।"
航点
Transliteration: háng diǎn
"飞行员输入了下一个航点坐标。"
경유지
Transliteration: gyeongyuji
"우리는 첫 번째 경유지에 도착했습니다."
ウェイpoint
Transliteration: weipointokuten
Script: 経由地
"GPSデバイスに次の経由地を入力してください。"
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