knack

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
2. A petty contrivance; a toy.
3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.

Verb

1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
2. To speak affectedly.

Concepts

talent

chic

aptitude

don

🎁

knack

condition

dynamisme

élan

état

état d’esprit

expérience

faculté

habileté

adresse

humeur

impulsion

manière

rythme

son

🔉

style

timbre

ton

tonalité

tour de main

compétences

maîtrise

réalisation

tendance forte

habilité

atmosphère

attitude

capacité

compréhension

Synonymes

skill

ability

aptitude

trick

talent

hang

faculty

craft

secret

㊙️

flair

dexterity

experience

mastery

hand

✋

masterliness

forte

bent

technique

grip

proficiency

capacity

adeptness

key

🔑

know-how

slickness

genius

gift

🎁

gimmick

hocus pocus

impetus

knap

knickknack

liveliness

manner

mood

nicknack

pitch

power

practice

promptness

prowess

quickness

realisation

realization

rhythm

ropes

ruse

smartness

state of health

strain

Traductions

maña

Kniff

abilità

tino

talento

δεξιοτεχνία

destrezza

handigheid

facilità

kneep

habilitat

ικανότητα

attitudine

Fertigkeit

Dreh

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/næk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: krak

Appartenant à allemand: knacken

In summary

Use as "special skill" from 1580. Possibly from 14th century Middle English krak (“a sharp blow”), knakke, knakken, from Middle Low German, by onomatopoeia. Latter cognate to German knacken (“to crack”). See also crack.