crafty

Signification (Anglais)

1. Skillful at deceiving others.
2. Sneaky; surreptitious.
3. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
4. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
5. Magical or occult, or allegedly so.

Concepts

rusé

malin

astucieux

artificieux

roublard

maligne

sournois

rusée

matois

madré

retors

roué

habile

fieffé

maline

fieffée

ingénieux

roublarde

ingénieuse

astucieuse

espiègle

perfide

cauteleux

coquin

fourbe

futé

surnois

trompeur

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɹæfti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English crafty, crefty, craftiȝ, from Old English cræftiġ (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftag, *kraftīg, *kraftug, from Proto-Germanic *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, krääftig, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.