| Subject | English | French |
| gen. | a blouse with blue polka dots | un corsage à petits points bleus |
| gen. | a blouse with white polka dots | un corsage à pois blancs |
| immigr. | a series of small juxtaposed dots, reflecting the texture of the fabric | série de petits points juxtaposés, correspondant à la trame du tissu |
| astr. | alternate dots and dashes | en traits "point-tiret" |
| comp., MS | dots per inch | points par pouce (The standard used to measure screen and printer resolution, expressed as the number of dots that a device can display or print per linear inch. The greater the number of dots per inch, the better the resolution) |
| comp. | dots per inch | points au pouce |
| IMF. | DOTS Yearbook | Annuaire de DOTS |
| IMF. | DOTS Yearbook | DOTS Yearbook |
| bot. | glandular dots | points glanduleux |
| med. | Gunn's dots | taches de Gunn |
| med. | Maurer's dots | granulation de Maurer (paludisme) |
| bot. | pellucid dots | points pellucides |
| comp. | round dots | trame circulaire |
| med. | Schüffner's dots | granulations de Schüffner |
| med. | Trantas' dots | granules de Trantas (conjonctivite printanière) |