escamotage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French escamotage

Noun[edit]

escamotage (uncountable)

  1. trickery; legerdemain

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From escamoter +‎ -age.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

escamotage m (plural escamotages)

  1. conjuring
  2. retraction (of undercarriage)

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French escamotage.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

escamotage m (invariable)

  1. expedient
  2. retraction (of undercarriage)

References[edit]

  1. ^ escamotage in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)