Feminine
astuce
Meaning
- (countable, dated, feminine, uncountable) shrewdness, subtlety, astuteness
- (countable, feminine, uncountable) trick, as a clever way of accomplishing something
- (countable, feminine, uncountable) tip; piece of advice
Concepts
craftinesse
low cunning
be tricky
callidity
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
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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