espiègle

Meaning

Concepts

mischievous
impish
prankster
pixilated
wicked
sly

little imp

trickster
guileful
hoaxer
imp
👿
jocose
kittenish
knavish
ludic
minx
mischief
playful
prankish
puckish
slick
sportive
tricker
tricksy
tricky
wily

full of mischief

giocoso
practical joker
larky
cut-up
implike
arch

mischiveous

crafty
cunning
dodgy
foxy
frisky
frolicsome
gamesome
Synonyms

polisson
42k
gamin
A2
folâtre
badin
farceur
22k
malin
B1
matois
mystificateur
perfide
26k
rusé
C2
sournois
C2
ludique
artificieux
taquin
astucieux
C2
joueur
B2
lutin
C2
👿
malicieux
41k
Translations

travieso
travesso
yaramaz
sbarazzino
pícaro
afacan
Schelm
👿
arteiro
bagunceiro
malizioso
birichino
Wildfang
verspielt
sapeca
vispo
Frequency

31k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛs.pjɛɡl/
Etymology

Borrowed from German
German
Eulenspiegel
In summary

Borrowed from German Eulenspiegel, based on the folklore character Till Eulenspiegel; from Middle Low German Ūlenspēgel.

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