Feminine

astuce

Meaning

  1. (countable, dated, feminine, uncountable) shrewdness, subtlety, astuteness
  2. (countable, feminine, uncountable) trick, as a clever way of accomplishing something
  3. (countable, feminine, uncountable) tip; piece of advice

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/as.tys/
Etymology

In summary

From Old French astuce (first attested in 1267/68), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin astūtia.

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