adroit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French adroit.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /əˈdɹɔɪt/ X-SAMPA: /@dr\OIt/

Adjective

adroit (comparative adroiter or more adroit, superlative adroitest or most adroit)

1. dexterous, deft or skillful

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• maladroit

Derived terms

• adroitness
• adroitly
• maladroit

Translations

dextrous

• Bulgarian: ловък (bg) (lovǎk), сръчен (bg) (srǎčen), умел (bg) (umel), изкусен (bg) (izkusen), находчив (bg) (nahodčiv)
• Catalan: destre (ca)
• Crimean Tatar: çeber

• Dutch: handig (nl)
• German: geschickt (de), gewandt (de)
• Romanian: descurcăreț (ro)
• Spanish: diestro (es), hábil (es)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ad.ʁwa/

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Adjective

adroit m (feminine adroite, masculine plural adroits, feminine plural adroites)

1. skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)

Descendants

• German: adrett

Anagrams

• dorait, rodait, rôdait