Short French article perhaps coming to a point? (7)
I believe the answer is:
laconic
'short french' is the definition.
'laconic' can be an answer for 'short' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'french' bit.
'article perhaps coming to a point?' is the wordplay.
'article perhaps' becomes 'la' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'coming to a point?' becomes 'conic' (like a cone).
'la'+'conic'='LACONIC'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for laconic that I've seen before include "Terse - can coil (anag)" , "Conical (anag) - pithy" , "Spartan" , "Succinct, terse" , "Succinct in speech" .)