smart

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
2. (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
3. (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

Adj

1. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
2. (informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
3. (in-compounds, often) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
4. Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
5. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
6. Sudden and intense.
7. Causing sharp pain; stinging.
8. Sharp; keen; poignant.
9. (Southern-US, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
10. (archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
11. (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
12. (archaic) Brisk; fresh.
13. (Appalachia) Hard-working.

Noun

1. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
2. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of smart money.
4. (dated, slang) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.

Concepts

intelligent

malin

rusé

chic

adroit

artificieux

astucieux

brillant

élégant

habile

impertinent

impudent

alerte

sage

smart

avisé

vif

irrespectueux

piquer

devenir tendu

se brûler la langue

fortiche

insolent

mondain

piquant

piqûre

prêt

prompt

prudent

agile

svelte

avoir mal

dégourdi

douleur cuisante

être chaud

être piqué au vif

fissa

fringant

futé

judicieux

jugeote

maligne

picoter

brûler

cinglant

cuisant

démanger

démangeaison

roublard

épicéa

Opposé de

backward, banal, boorish, dull, inept, ignorant, uncultivated, simple, dumb, garish, outré, tacky, dumb money

Synonymes

clever

intelligent

wise

sting

sharp

quick

shrewd

bright

stylish

cunning

neat

sly

spruce

hurt

fashionable

crafty

chic

astute

elegant

ache

keen

ingenious

adroit

dashing

brainy

sagacious

capable

prompt

brilliant

able

tingle

pain

saucy

wily

witty

agile

expert

skilled

quick-witted

fine

acute

nimble

sharp-witted

trim

sneaky

spiffy

nifty

apt

itch

active

Traductions

klug

intelligente

slim

listo

inteligente

listig

schlau

vivo

sveglio

intelligent

elegante

doortrapt

gewiekst

captiosus

trebax

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/smɑɹt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: smerten

Hérité de ancien anglais: smeortan

Appartenant à écossais: smert

Appartenant à néerlandais: smarten

Appartenant à allemand: schmerzen

Appartenant à danois: smerte

Appartenant à suédois: smärta

Hérité de moyen anglais: smert

Appartenant à Old Frisian: smert

Appartenant à néerlandais: smart

Appartenant à bas-allemand: smart

Appartenant à allemand: Schmerz

In summary

From Middle English smerten, from Old English *smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.