finesse

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
2. The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.
3. An adroit manoeuvre.
4. In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over.

Verb

1. To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
2. (slang) To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
3. To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
4. To attempt to win a trick by finessing.
5. To play (a card) as a finesse.
6. (obsolete) To play a ball out of the way of an opponent.

Sinônimos

artifice

trick

stratagem

tact

trickery

delicacy

skill

tactics

cunning

artfulness

diplomacy

discreetness

refinement

sophistication

technique

strategy

subtlety

tactful

wile

wiles

wrist

Machiavellism

exility

adeptness

ingenious device

availableness

contrivance

daintiness

deceitfulness

deceive

deception

deftness

elegance

elegancy

evade

expertness

means

ploy

ruse

scheme

Hifenizado como

fin‧esse

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/fɪˈnɛs/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Middle English finesse (“degree of excellence; (of metal) fineness, purity”), from Middle French finesse, Old French finesse (“fineness; delicacy; slenderness”), from fine, fin (“fine, thin”) (from Latin fīnis (“end”); compare Middle English fīn (“of superior quality; precious, valuable; admirable, pleasing; pure, refined; fineness, purity; delicate, exquisite, fine; sharp, thin”)) + -esse (suffix forming nouns describing the condition of being something).
The verb is derived from the noun.