poindre
Meanings
Verb
1. to prick, sting (transitive, obsolete)
2. to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.) (transitive, literary)
3. to come up (of a plant), peep through (intransitive)
4. to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn) (intransitive, literary)
5. to appear, spring up (intransitive, figurative, figuratively)
Examples3
Le jour commençait à poindre.
The day began to break.
L'hiver commence à poindre.
Winter is right around the corner.
Se faire coincer dans les bouchons aux heures de pointe, c’est affreux.
It's horrible to get caught in rush hour traffic.